Yehoshua/ Yeshua/ Joshua/ Jesus

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I have what I hope to be a simple question for the knowledgeable members of this forum. Now, let me preface this by saying I am not getting all worked up that Jesus was not really His name! I have read that Jesus was named Yehoshua (shortened to Yeshua) which is Hebrew for Joshua. What I am curious about is how did (or if) the earliest translators of the Bible different between Yehoshua/Yeshua/Joshua the brother of Mosses and Yehoshua/Yeshua/Joshua the Messiah? Thank you.
 
For one thing Joshua son of Nun of the OT wasn’t Moses’ brother - simply his follower, right-hand man and successor as leader of the people of Israel.

As for the translations … someone versed in Greek and Latin can help us here but I do think there has always been a distinction in spelling between the two in those languages if not in the Hebrew or Aramaic as well.
 
BlestOne, that did not help, but it is interesting and a good resource so thank you for that! I sincerely appericiate it! 👍

LilyM, OK, so I confused Joshua with Aaron… :o I don’t know either. I hope someone here does.

Thank you both!
 
I saw this before in the Haydock Bible, and so looked it up…

haydock1859.tripod.com/id534.html

Some Google cached stuff to make the references easier to find…
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ok. I’m done. Not sure if this is what you meant. It’s not the earliest of translations or commentary, but at least it’s not the 20th century. It’s an interesting topic and I agree that it’s not something to get worked up over as the difference is largely a translation issue.
 
bengland said:
I saw this before in the Haydock Bible, and so looked it up…

haydock1859.tripod.com/id534.html

Some Google cached stuff to make the references easier to find…
Click Here ← google cached.
Another…
Another…

ok. I’m done. Not sure if this is what you meant. It’s not the earliest of translations or commentary, but at least it’s not the 20th century. It’s an interesting topic and I agree that it’s not something to get worked up over as the difference is largely a translation issue.
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bengland, thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for! The questions was purely academic, but now my curiosity has been satisfied.
 
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