How many ss does it take to change a lightbulb?

[ritaxis]

[Poll #1088629]

Comments

[davidgoldfarb.livejournal.com]

Er, you do realize that "...of Greek origin" and "...the name of the...son..." aren't disjoint sets? (Okay, it's Latinized, but still.)

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

I didn't! I thought it was ultimately a Hebrew name, and only the Christ part was Greek. Thank you.

[davidgoldfarb.livejournal.com]

Well, that's what I get for posting early in the morning.

(Hush.)

Yes, of course it is ultimately a Hebrew name, and it was silly of me to forget that -- I've seen both "Yeshua" and "Yehoshua". But we get "Jesus" from Latin "Iesus" from Greek "Ἰησοῦς".