The name of “Jesus” is of less age than most of the oldest churches in Christianity. The name Messiah in the original text of the King James Bible of 1611 is spelled “Iesus,” an unevocative spelling ...
The name “Jesus” is a late arrival; the man from Nazareth did not hear it in his own village. In first-century Galilee, identity was more a function of sound than writing. The economy of sound ...