And Essenes (and Ossenes) from the Hebrew root 'asah, in the self-designation 'osey hatorah, observers of torah, as known by Melanchthon in 1532 and by others (as factores legis in Latin) before being confirmed in Qumran pesharim: http://www.duke.edu/~goranson/Essenes_&_Others.pdf especially page 539.
Stephen Goranson ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of George Athas [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 5:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Etymology of Nazarene or Nazareth ? The link between נצרי (Nazarene) and נצר (to keep) comes purely from the fact that the town of Nazareth was named with this root. The town name means something "Keeper" or "Guard". We see pretty much the same link between the term שׁמרון (Samaria) and שׁמר (to keep). These days the Samaritans are known as the שׁמרונים (Shomronim). Most understand this as deriving from the name of the town of Samaria, but the Samaritans themselves interpret the label as "Keepers" of Torah. GEORGE ATHAS Dean of Research, Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au) Sydney, Australia _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
