From Abraham to the Modern Church
Tracing the covenantal lineage, the earthly life and resurrection of Yeshua, apostolic foundations in Jerusalem and Rome, translation histories, and the theological developments shaping global Christianity.
Name Transformation: Yeshua to Jesus
Linguistic evolution across Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Early Modern English translations.
Contraction of Yehoshua (Joshua), meaning "Yahweh saves" or "Salvation".
Greek lacks the 'sh' sound (replaced with 's') and adds masculine nominative suffix '-s'.
Direct transliteration into Latin alphabet by Jerome (c. 400 CE). 'I' functioned as both vowel and consonant.
The letter 'J' was introduced in 16th Century printings (e.g. King James Bible edits) to represent the soft sound.