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Breetai

5th January 2006, 12:49 PM

I thought it might be of some interest here that Yeshua's name in Korean comes out as "Yeshu". It's much closer to "Yeshua" than the English name of "Jesus".

Tishri1

5th January 2006, 04:10 PM

very cool!:wave:

plum

6th January 2006, 01:41 AM

I didn't know that!

Breetai

6th January 2006, 07:55 AM

They either call Him "Christo" or "Yeshu". I like that they haven't taken anything from the English. It's so much more pure this way. It's very refreshing.

In China, they call Him "Yesu".

christinepro

6th January 2006, 08:44 AM

Awesome!!

Yusuphhai

7th January 2006, 07:25 AM

ha.Nice to meet you here!

Mirelys

7th January 2006, 11:10 AM

Hi, Breetai :wave: That is a cool factoid.

silverwings_88

7th January 2006, 11:30 AM

안영하세요! 조아요!!

Of course, alot of transcriptions really stem on how easy it would be to pronounce the name "Jesus" to another language. When the syllable 'je' or that the 'j' sound doesn't exist, it would be more proper and more original to go with 'y' since it is a universal semivowel.

Whoops, I forgot that I'm not a Messianic Jew! :doh::D

Breetai

8th January 2006, 08:28 AM

Hello to you too Siverwings (and everyone else!!!), it's all good. :D Are you Korean?

I'm not a Messianic Jew either, Siverwings, but this "factoid" seemed it would be of greater interest to them, compared with the other denominations.

Wags

8th January 2006, 02:49 PM

FYI: Tim Hegg's book "The Letter Writer - Paul's Background and Torah Perspective" is now avialable in Korean. http://cafe.daum.net/FirstFruits

yod

8th January 2006, 09:39 PM

my son is serving in the Army in Korea....he's the drummer.

Are you in the service also?

Mirelys

8th January 2006, 09:43 PM

안영하세요! 조아요!!

If I'm reading you rightly...I bet it IS cold over there! :D

Breetai

8th January 2006, 11:54 PM

my son is serving in the Army in Korea....he's the drummer.

Are you in the service also?No. I'm a teacher.

Breetai

8th January 2006, 11:56 PM

If I'm reading you rightly...I bet it IS cold over there! :D

안영하세요! 조아요!! is "Hello! Good!!" (in the formal tense).

Mirelys

9th January 2006, 12:04 AM

안영하세요! 조아요!! is "Hello! Good!!" (in the formal tense).

Yeps, my reading skills are horrible. Sounds like "chuaiyo" to me :D

Breetai

9th January 2006, 08:26 AM

Yeps, my reading skills are horrible. Sounds like "chuaiyo" to me :DIt's that terrible Seoul accent that you're hearing. It's much different than the "pure" southern accent. ;)

Espada

9th January 2006, 08:37 AM

Japan also uses a version closer to the Yeshua, unfortunately many of their translations are otherwise quite poor and are not very literal.

BarbB

9th January 2006, 03:13 PM

I understand that the 1611 translation of the Bible into English used Yeshua. Can anyone confirm this? Just out of curiosity and factoids! :D

Mirelys

9th January 2006, 04:55 PM

It's that terrible Seoul accent that you're hearing. It's much different than the "pure" southern accent. ;)

What are you smoking?! Seoul people don't have an accent---Seoul IS Korea ;) :D

Breetai

11th January 2006, 08:40 AM

Japan also uses a version closer to the Yeshua, unfortunately many of their translations are otherwise quite poor and are not very literal.Really? How do you know that? How many different Japanese versions are there? (I'm curious)

What are you smoking?! Seoul people don't have an accent---Seoul IS KoreaI thought Pyeongyang had that distinction. ;)

Espada

11th January 2006, 10:28 AM

Really? How do you know that? How many different Japanese versions are there? (I'm curious)

My wife is Japanese and we have been through all we can find and they all appear to be paraphrases. Also I used to live there.

The main issue is that liberalism is the bigger theology out there, even among RC who are the dominant church.

Breetai

11th January 2006, 10:38 AM

My wife is Japanese and we have been through all we can find and they all appear to be paraphrases. Also I used to live there.

The main issue is that liberalism is the bigger theology out there, even among RC who are the dominant church.That's too bad.

If you don't mind, where about did you used to live?

Espada

11th January 2006, 03:42 PM

That's too bad.

If you don't mind, where about did you used to live?

Kanagawa, basically just south of Yokohama. Still close enough to Tokyo to be considered part of the sprawl. It was interesting living there but with less than 1% of the population as Christians, it can be quite difficult.

Even some who claim Christianity will take part in Budhist rituals such as burning incense for the dead:sigh: It is terriblee to see.

Mirelys

11th January 2006, 08:08 PM

I thought Pyeongyang had that distinction. ;)

Not according to people in Seoul! :P