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The word "Jew" in the Bible
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
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The word "Jew" is the modern English version of the Old English Iudeas which comes from the Latin word Iudaeus. Hebrew and Greek obviously don't use the same alphabet as Latin, so, the word "Jew" as it appears in English would not appear in any non-English manuscripts.
The Hebrew word for "Jew" is יְהוּדִ֔י. The Greek word for Jew is ιουδαῖος. Are you trying to figure out if either the Hebrew or Greek word show up in early manuscripts?
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Originally posted by Christian3 View PostWhy doesn't it appear in the King James Version?
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostIt does. Here's is a scan of Esther 2:5 from an original 1611 copy of the King James from https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ester_2_1611/
Why is Jew spelled Iew?
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Originally posted by Christian3 View PostWhy doesn't it appear in the King James Version?
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It appears as "Jewe" in the 1568 Bishop's Bible
http://www.bibles-online.net/1568/Ne...ment/6-Romans/
Also as "Jewe" in the 1541 Great Bible
http://www.bibles-online.net/1541/Ne...ment/6-Romans/
And as "Jew" in the 1611 King James bible
http://www.bibles-online.net/1611/Ne...ment/6-Romans/
And it appears as "Iewe" in the 1390 Wycliffe Manuscript
http://www.bibles-online.net/1390/NewTestament/1thru50/That's what
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Originally posted by Christian3 View PostGreat!
Why is Jew spelled Iew?
You can read more about these differences on the Wikipedia page,
If you don't mind me asking, what's this all about exactly?
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostKind of like a capital "I" and lower case "l" in many fonts look the same?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostIt isn't. The 1611 KJV printed verses in Gothic typeface. In that typeface both I's and J's have the same appearance. A visual distinction between the letter "I" and "J" in English didn't come along until 1633. If you notice, the words Jerusalem, Jeconiah, Jair, and Judah use the same font.
You can read more about these differences on the Wikipedia page,
If you don't mind me asking, what's this all about exactly?
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostKind of like a capital "I" and lower case "l" in many fonts look the same?
This video gives a pretty good example on how "J" would have been pronounced even when it looked like "I":
Last edited by Adrift; 06-30-2017, 09:30 AM.
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Actually, it's kinda pointless to use "language" as a "proof" in a case like this. Abraham was a "Hebrew", which was עברי (pronounced "Ivri"). As I recall, that meant "the other side", and either "Moses stood on the 'other side' of religion, because he worshiped only One God", and/or he came from "the other side of the river". That they were not necessarily called "Jews" does not mean that they don't go all the way back to Abraham.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Oh brother. How silly. If he's seriously attempting to suggest that the word "Jew" didn't exist in English because "I" and "J" weren't standardized until later, he's a nutter and not worth bothering with. Here's a copy of the same passage from a 1637/38 copy of the King James where the "I" and "J" have become standardized (notice the lower-case "s" still isn't standardized),
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