https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-principles-one-foundation-for-all-religions/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:45:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-principles-one-foundation-for-all-religions/#comment-4076 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 23:40:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=12099#comment-4076 Hi, David; Just a little linguistic note – the ‘true name’ for the Divine Educator ‘Jesus’ is actually ‘Yeshua’. Were we to read the account of the ‘annunciation’, the name the angel supposedly gave was ‘Jesus’ – however, that name is R’Yeshuaoman Latin in origin. It was the closest that the Roman administrators could come to ‘Yeshua’ which, as you know, is the phonetic English for his given name. I believe that, since the Romans had no ‘sh’ diphthong in their language as it existed at the time, they used ‘Iesus’ <in Latin, 'I' and 'J' were interchangeable. Upon the early scholars' attempt at transliterating what they saw, 'Jesus' was accepted and printed. That's why, in the 'King's English' the name uses the hard 'J'. If you look up the name in WIKIPEDIA, and keep scrolling down, you'll see an ancient depiction of Yeshua being nailed onto the cross. and there is the written .of what is now reduced to ‘INRI’ – I recall that well, from my Catholic upbringing. You’ll see exactly what the INRI stands for … Thanks for allowing me to expand the explanation into infinity … Marty

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