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It became exceedingly popular in the Roman period, and the New Testament introduces several women named Mary, including Jesus’s mother, through whom it became one of the most common names for Christian women. Yet the origins and meaning of the name Miryām remain uncertain. The biblical Hebrew name likely combines the Egyptian verb mrj (to […]
Both historical and biblical accounts show that the name “Jesus” was very common during the first century and before, as it was a version of the name “Joshua.” Within the Old Testament, the Hebrew variation of the name appears about 30 times, while in the New Testament, the name appears about three times .
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Dec 27, 2020 · It’s not a rule, of course. Francis Xavier is known for his family’s castle. But a look at the inquisition records of visionaries and prophets from ~1600 Seville indicates the popularity in Spain of taking on a second name to show possession by God: Ana de Los Santos, Antonia de San Francisco (a member of the Franciscan order), Barbara de Jesús, Juan de Jesús, Caterina de Jesús, Maria ...
Sep 12, 2020 · According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, “ The Hebrew form of her name is miryam [or myriam]. ” This name was used in the Old Testament to denote the only sister of Moses. However, over the...
Mentioned are: Miriam the Magdalene; Miriam of Bethany; Miriam the mother of Jesus; Miriam who was the sister of Jesus’ mother and also the wife of Cleophas; and Miriam the mother of James, to name just five. It would seem that Miriam was a common semitic name.
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Childhood
Miriam, at Jochebed's request, followed the infant Moses as he floated down the Nile in a reed basket to evade the Pharaoh's order that newborn Hebrewboys be killed. She watched as the Pharaoh's daughter discovered the infant. Approaching the princess, she asked: "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?" (Ex. 2:7) Miriam then returned with Jochebed. Pharaoh's daughter sent the child home with the "nurse," who raised him until he was weaned and grew older. As a re...
Prophetess and leader
Miriam does not appear again in the text until the time of the Exodus. She is called a prophetess, and composes a victory song after Pharaoh's army is drowned in pursuit of the Israelites. She plays a central role in leading the Israelite women: 1. When Pharaoh's horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her han...
Miriam's sin
Later, Miriam objects to the marriage of Moses to a Cushite woman. She and Aarondiscuss the matter with Moses. Afterward, God commands her to enter the Tabernacle area, where He speaks to Miriam and Aaron outside the sacred tent. No other woman is recorded as having the privilege of entering this sacred space. However, Miriam and Aaron have presumed too much. Standing at the entrance of the tent in a pillar of cloud, God speaks to tell them that while they may be prophets, Moses' authority is...
A passage in Micah suggests that Miriam had a legacy with significant regard among later prophets: 1. And I brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, and I set before you Moses, and Aaron, and Miriam." (Micah6:4) In New Testament times, Miriam was perhaps the most popular name for Jewish woman. The Gree...
In praise of Miriam
Miriam is greatly lauded by the rabbis. The Talmud preserves a tradition that it was the girl Miriam who convinced her parents to have more children despite the Pharoah's decree to kill the firstborn of the Israelites. Thus, without Miriam, there would have been no Moses, and no Exodus. The great medieval Jewish sage Rashi taught that the young Miriam assisted her mother as a midwife and was particularly skilled in calming newborns and infants with her soothing voice (Rashi on Exodus 1:15). O...
Miriam's sin
The rabbis knew that no human being was without sin. Even Moses sinned, and Aaron, so of course Miriam too sinned, in the matter of Moses' marriage to the Cushite woman. Miriam's skin turned white because she criticized Moses for marrying a black woman. But why was Miriam punished, and not Aaron? According to Leviticus13, anyone with a skin disease was disqualified from the high priesthood. The Talmud thus notes that if Aaron had been punished as well as his sister, he would no longer have be...
Bellis, Alice Ogden. Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women's Stories in the Hebrew Bible. Westminster: John Knox Press, 1994. ISBN 9780664254308Bloom, Harold. The Book of J. Grove Press, 2005. ISBN 0802141919Frankel, Ellen. Five Books Of Miriam: A Woman's Commentary on the Torah. HarperSanFrancisco, 1998. ISBN 9780060630379Friedman, Richard E. Who Wrote the Bible? Harper, 1997. ISBN 0060630353Jan 5, 2024 · The Hebrew-Aramaic “Jehosua” (meaning either “God saves” or “The Lord helps”) was a common name among first-century Jews when the Angel told Mary to give it to her Son. Its later ...
