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In article <w2PwT2Ayq4U1EwJI@jmwa.demon.co.uk>, John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <slrn6l6umo.iv.gpn@nievin.mnsinc.com>, GarrettZilla
> <gpn@nievin.mnsinc.com> writes
> >And I have a followon question: Why did the name "Jesus" come down to us in a
> >Romanized form, where Mary, Joseph, et. al. did not?
> 
> Well, it's not quite like that, is it. The Latin forms are Jesus, Maria
> and Josephus. While English forms of teh latter two are easily formed
> and thus exist, it is difficult to anglicize 'Jesus'. Of course, in USA,
> there is no problem - Jeez! (;-)

The name 'Yeshua' appears in the Old Testament as well (the name of a
priest returning from the Exile).  It is usually spelled Jeshua in English
Bibles.  I suppose English translators *could* have rendered Jesus' name
as Jeshua, but perhaps the association with Greek, or the Latin of the
Roman CHurch was too strong.

-- Mark A. Schaefer

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