"Jesus" is the Greek form of the Hebrew "Joshua"
meaning "Jehovah saves", which is the name, roughly, The Boss went by in his heyday. Galileans during the time of Christ spoke Aramaic, but apparently they used Hebrew names for their kids the way Italian-Americans, say, might use an Italian name today.
By the time the Gospels were written in 60 AD or so, Greek had come into general use for literary purposes and "Joshua" became "Jesus." The prefix bar- means "son of" in Aramaic, so "bar-Joseph" is roughly comparable to "O'Shaughnessy," or if you really want to get basic about it, "Joe's kid Josh."
Posted By: Tomblander on January 27th 2006 at 14:24:52
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- lol, i love it (NCFC) - Ashton4England, Jan 27, 13:56:52
- down with pants (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jan 27, 13:59:24
- Hear hear (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 27, 14:00:50
- What are everyones favourite duds? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 27, 14:01:48
- Calvins today. Grey. Comfy. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:04:47
- Does Calvin know? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 27, 14:05:10
- Doubt he cares, he's got that many. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:06:38
- Does Calvin know? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 27, 14:05:10
- My goretex-lined tweed plus fours (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 27, 14:02:36
- Jeesus H Crist I am getting exceedingly pissed off (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jan 27, 14:06:59
- can someone explain where jesus h christ comes from? (NCFC) - pants, Jan 27, 14:10:35
- From Harry H Corbett (n/m) (NCFC) - John in Texas, Jan 27, 14:40:34
- Dunno (NCFC) - Ashton4England, Jan 27, 14:21:15
- welllllllllll................. (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jan 27, 14:15:09
- Not, like, Henry or summat, then? (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:17:01
- I'd always thought of him more as a Harold, funnily enough (n/m) (NCFC) - Work Ethic, Jan 27, 14:17:35
- "Jesus" is the Greek form of the Hebrew "Joshua" (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jan 27, 14:24:52
- I'd always thought of him more as a Harold, funnily enough (n/m) (NCFC) - Work Ethic, Jan 27, 14:17:35
- Not, like, Henry or summat, then? (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:17:01
- Or "Christ on a bike" (NCFC) - Work Ethic, Jan 27, 14:14:36
- Bristol (n/m) (NCFC) - malkybarkid, Jan 27, 14:12:07
- Fictitious??????????? (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 27, 14:11:57
- I type so fast I missed bits out (NCFC) - pants, Jan 27, 14:13:23
- "aggresive trumping operations".. (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Jan 27, 14:09:06
- can someone explain where jesus h christ comes from? (NCFC) - pants, Jan 27, 14:10:35
- Jeesus H Crist I am getting exceedingly pissed off (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jan 27, 14:06:59
- Moore (n/m) (NCFC) - Work Ethic, Jan 27, 14:02:15
- Calvins today. Grey. Comfy. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:04:47
- What are everyones favourite duds? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 27, 14:01:48
- Hear hear (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 27, 14:00:50
- Glad you agree (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 27, 13:59:05
- Well that was my point (NCFC) - Ashton4England, Jan 27, 14:08:08
- Because in both instances he was played on in games after until the injury got worse (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 27, 14:09:27
- Well that was my point (NCFC) - Ashton4England, Jan 27, 14:08:08
- down with pants (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jan 27, 13:59:24
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