SolamVeritatem
Puritan Board Freshman
All,
I think this is the proper place to post this, but I need some real help engaging a friend of mine.
He seems to be on this kick about Jesus not being the true name of the Son of God. His issue is that the proper name to call the Son would be His Hebrew name, which is Yeshua.
He seems to have a problem with the Greek translation of Yeshua's name into Jesus, which from what I can gather so far is Ἰησοῦς (Iesous).(Wikipedia)
His refrain is that we should be calling the Lord by His real name, and I think there are some other motivations he has behind this which I won't get into right now. I have to admit that I haven't done much study on this at all, and I did not think of it in any significant way until he brought it up. He is the type of individual that is prone to conspiracy theories, if you know what I mean. In other words, he seems to think that there were sinister reasons why translators changed the name, and he feels as though the representation of the name Jesus in the Latin is depicting the name of a false god or is to common for the likes of the Messiah. He asked me to look up what the words "Je" and "sus" meant in the Latin, but I haven't been able to find it so far. He seems to think it is something derogatory.
I am not a linguist, neither am I fluent in the biblical languages (other than Strong's tools and bible dictionaries/commentaries), so my question is how do I approach this situation? Or, are there some works I can get my hands on that address this issue in a scholarly and faithful way? I really have not heard much about this, and the closest thing I could find in relation to a group who might identify with what my friend believes is in the link below or others like it:
Yahushua is the true name of the Messiah
If anyone could provide any assistance, it would be greatly helpful, as I would like to graciously respond to this from a biblical, reformed perspective, and hopefully in the process win my friend and edify us both. Thanks!
In Him,
Craig
I think this is the proper place to post this, but I need some real help engaging a friend of mine.
He seems to be on this kick about Jesus not being the true name of the Son of God. His issue is that the proper name to call the Son would be His Hebrew name, which is Yeshua.
He seems to have a problem with the Greek translation of Yeshua's name into Jesus, which from what I can gather so far is Ἰησοῦς (Iesous).(Wikipedia)
His refrain is that we should be calling the Lord by His real name, and I think there are some other motivations he has behind this which I won't get into right now. I have to admit that I haven't done much study on this at all, and I did not think of it in any significant way until he brought it up. He is the type of individual that is prone to conspiracy theories, if you know what I mean. In other words, he seems to think that there were sinister reasons why translators changed the name, and he feels as though the representation of the name Jesus in the Latin is depicting the name of a false god or is to common for the likes of the Messiah. He asked me to look up what the words "Je" and "sus" meant in the Latin, but I haven't been able to find it so far. He seems to think it is something derogatory.
I am not a linguist, neither am I fluent in the biblical languages (other than Strong's tools and bible dictionaries/commentaries), so my question is how do I approach this situation? Or, are there some works I can get my hands on that address this issue in a scholarly and faithful way? I really have not heard much about this, and the closest thing I could find in relation to a group who might identify with what my friend believes is in the link below or others like it:
Yahushua is the true name of the Messiah
If anyone could provide any assistance, it would be greatly helpful, as I would like to graciously respond to this from a biblical, reformed perspective, and hopefully in the process win my friend and edify us both. Thanks!
In Him,
Craig