Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: What's in a Name Message-ID: <258@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 19:47:51 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.258 Posted: Mon Nov 26 19:47:51 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 03:37:45 EST References: <117@decvax.UUCP> <467@utcsrgv.UUCP> <651@clyde.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 16 > > Of course, the name Mary comes from the Hebrew name Miriam, > > which is a very good Jewish name. > > Golly gee, wasn't the name of Jesus's mama Mary or Maria or > whatever is in question here? She would be considered Jewish, right? Remember, Jesus' name wasn't Jesus, it was Joshua, so Mary's name may have been Miriam. (Sort of like the apocryphal story of the backwoods preacher who said "If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me...") (Posting routed to "net.nlang" from "net.lang"; "net.lang" is for computer languages.) Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy