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To: NYer

A number of scholars hold that Yeshua’s mothers name was most likely not “Mary”, but was in fact Miriam, a much more common name in that place at that time.


5 posted on 08/03/2012 2:54:26 PM PDT by djf (The barbarian hordes will ALWAYS outnumber the clean-shaven. And they vote.)
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To: djf

Miriam daughter of Yeshua son of Caiaphus

The ‘Yeshua’ mentioned here was Caiaphus’ SON who had a DAUGHTER NAMED MIRIAM.


6 posted on 08/03/2012 3:00:19 PM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: djf

It is Miriam. Mary was not even a name at the time, at least in 1st century Palestine. All (or most) of the names in the New Testament are the Greco-Roman versions of their Jewish/Aramaic names. Jesus was Jeshua, Simon likely Shimon, etc. It doesn’t matter substantively. I would like to see a list of NT names as they actually were at the time. I highly doubt that Luke, Mark, Philip, or any of the names we attribute the Apostles or Evangelists were their actual names.


9 posted on 08/03/2012 3:32:26 PM PDT by huckfillary (qual tyo ta)
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