The name of the deity in Hebrew took many forms. YHVH is a common form, buthjn Elohiym is frequently used in the Bible.

As to "how to spell Jesus", it was Yehsu or or Yeshua or Yehoshua. Jesus is not a traditional Jewish name (which I find interesting), so there's no real consensus; when we see it, it's been Hellenized. In Greek, Jesus is spelled "Iasous" -- that's how it's written througout the New Testament and that's how the early Christians wrote it in the catacombs and spelled it on their icons.

Since IASOUS is actually Greek, you can't justify changing it to something else.

You can't translate "holy ghost/holy spirit" into Hebrew; it's the wrong religion. They didn't have a concept for a trinitarian deity. That's Christianity.

-- Byrd
Moderator, Hall of Ma'at



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2009 09:50PM by Byrd.