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Why Jesus was a "carpenter": in virtue of nagar
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:05 am
by Giuseppe
Nous en dirons autant de la profession de charpentier qui lui fut attribuée ainsi qu'à son père. Elle remonte à Twasti et à Tammuz-Adonis, qui portait l'épithète de nagar, charpentier. Cette filiation fut peut-être aidée par la dérivation du radical araméen n'sar, donnant le sens de scier et celui de nazaréen. [63]
(J.-K. Watson,
Le christianisme avant Jésus-Christ, p. 316)
Note 63:
GUIGNEBERT, Vie cachée..., 80.
Re: Why Jesus was a "carpenter": in virtue of nagar
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:31 am
by StephenGoranson
Do you really think these words are related?
Re: Why Jesus was a "carpenter": in virtue of nagar
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:58 am
by Giuseppe
Without disturbing nagar and Tammuz-Adonis, it seems that the Aramaic n'sar alone already means 'to saw", so raising the allusion to the typical action of a carpenter.
More respect, please, for prof Guignebert.
Re: Why Jesus was a "carpenter": in virtue of nagar
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:04 am
by StephenGoranson
The words are spelled differently.
Re: Why Jesus was a "carpenter": in virtue of nagar
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:14 am
by Giuseppe
only the consonants matter.
Re: Why Jesus was a "carpenter": in virtue of nagar
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:23 am
by StephenGoranson
The consonants do not all match.
Re: Why Jesus was a "carpenter": in virtue of nagar
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:29 am
by perseusomega9
