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Originally posted by SuzianneRobbie Carrobie, "educated"..!
This is why I doubt you're really as educated as you represent yourself to be.
Did the Romans speak Greek?
Originally posted by SuzianneThen how did they spell Jupiter?
Latin had no "J".
True story.
This is why the sign they put up over Jesus' head when he was on the cross was "I N R I", "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews."
In Greek, it was I N B I, translating to "Jesus the Nazorean, King of the Judeans."
Originally posted by robbie carrobie"... at least in theory."
It seems that once again you may only be groping around in darkness. What Latin scholars had was no equivalent for the letter I and they therfore substituted the letter J
The letter j is rather different to those discussed so far, as it did not exist in Latin and, of course, a great deal of the medieval literate tradition is in Latin. This does n ...[text shortened]... began Caesar adsum jam forte.
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/scripts/letters/historyj.htm
Originally posted by karoly aczelWell, when a person "adds something to the narrative", one probably expects it to be understood. Most of the time, good luck with that. Case in point, I've been adding to the narrative of this thread.
Arrr heck, you're as educated as him.. just in different ways. Or maybe he;s more educated or you are...what does it matter?
Add something to the narrative... or not
Originally posted by SuzianneNot sure what you are slobbering about, there was no equivalent for the constant I, Latin scholars substituted J. It has worked well since or are you disputing your beloved King James version of the Bible which has the divine name in full in at last four place and in abbreviated form in various other places including proper names. e.g EliJAH, AdoniJAH,
[b]"... at least in theory."
When you finish your doctorate, then come tell me of your "theories".
Until then, it's "opinion", with all the respect that is worth.[/b]
Originally posted by divegeesterThat's right. Jehovah is gathering all things together again in His Son Christ Jesus.
Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.
Pretty clear which name matters...
Originally posted by SuzianneYes, the world of that time was Helenized by the Greek World Power.
This is why I doubt you're really as educated as you represent yourself to be.
Did the Romans speak Greek?
Originally posted by roigamActs 4:12
If you speak English it's Jehovah.
If you speak Hebrew it's Yahweh.
He has over 120 variations of His Name according to the language one speaks.
He speaks them all and knows when a person is addressing Him.
Originally posted by SuzianneAlso known as "you can lead a man to water, but you can't make him think."
Well, when a person "adds something to the narrative", one probably expects it to be understood. Most of the time, good luck with that. Case in point, I've been adding to the narrative of this thread.