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What Was Jesus' Real Name? The Path From Hebrew to Today
The name "Jesus" derives from the Hebrew name "Yeshua" (ישוע), which is a contraction of "Yehoshua" (יהושע), meaning "Yahweh is salvation" or "Yahweh saves." In Christian theology ...
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Novelist A.B. Yehoshua, dissector and lover of Israel and the Jews, dies at 85
(JTA) — A.B. Yehoshua the novelist took a sharp knife to his fellow citizens’ pretensions and delusions, writing books that laid Israel bare like an open bleeding wound. But A.B. Yehoshua the ...