:for other persons named yeshua, or other claimed transcriptions of jesus, see yeshua (disambiguation). for the person, teaching, and acts of jesus christ, see jesus and historical jesus. see also jesus in the talmud. yeshua (, with vowel pointing  â yÄÅ¡Å«Äâ in hebrew)strong's yeshuwa was a common alternative form of the name  ("yehoshuah" â joshua) in later books of the hebrew bible and among jews of the second temple period. the name corresponds to the greek spelling iesous, from which, through the latin iesus, comes the english spelling jesus. the hebrew spelling yeshua (××©××¢) appears in some later books of the hebrew bible. once for joshua the son of nun, and 28 times for joshua the high priest and (kjv "jeshua") and other priests called jeshua â although these same priests are also given the spelling joshua in 11 further instances in the books of haggai and zechariah. it differs from the usual hebrew bible spelling of joshua (×Ö°××Ö¹×©Ö»××¢Ö· y'hoshuaÊ¿), found 218 times in the hebrew bible, in the absence of the consonant he × and placement of the semivowel vav × after, not before, the consonant shin ×©. it also differs from the hebrew spelling yeshu (××©×) which is found in ben yehuda's dictionary and used in most secular contexts in modern hebrew to refer to jesus of nazareth, though the hebrew spelling yeshua (××©××¢) is generally used in translations of the new testament into hebrewfranz delitzsch hebrew new testament, matthew 1:1, bfbs 1877, isaac salkinsohn hebrew new testament matthew 1:1, tbs 1891 and used by hebrew speaking christians in israel. the name yeshua is also used in israeli hebrew historical texts to refer to other joshuas recorded in greek texts such as jesus ben ananias and jesus ben sira.robert e. van voorst jesus outside the new testament 2000 isbn 978-0-8028-4368-5 p124 "this is likely an inference from the talmud and other jewish usage, where jesus is called yeshu, and other jews with the same name are called by the fuller name yehoshua, "joshua"" in english, the name yeshua is extensively used by followers of [[messianic ju
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