The Book of Yosippon (mistakenly) replaced Josephus' Essenes with Hebrew (not Aramaic) Hasidim. For the start of Aramaic guesses, see Azariah dei Rossi, Me'or Enayin (Mantua, 1573-1575).
Stephen Goranson www.duke.edu/~goranson ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Uri Hurwitz [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 5:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [b-hebrew] Etymology of Nazarene or Nazareth ? Stephen, According to the latest edition of Even Shoshan Heb.-Heb. dictionary, the first Hebrew occurrence is in the Book of Yosippon, a chronicle of Jewish history to the time Titus. Written between eighth and tenth centuries CE. In the HB the root may be recognized in the name ASA ( Aleph Samekh Aleph). Uri Hurwitz Uri, Can you (or anyone) give one example where "their name appears" so spelled earlier than modern times? Stephen _______________________________________________ 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
