BB, I cannot attest to the accuaracy of your website, as I do not read Hebrew. It does go exhaustively into the etymology, however.
OTOH, there are glaring mistakes in the first paragraph.
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| However, with the victory of the Church in the fourth century C.E., when the Emperor Constantine became a Christian and made mainline Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire, a new element was injected into the conflict. Christians now possessed both the official recognition and the power over the entire "executive branch" of the Roman Empire... |
Constantine did not covert to Xtianity until he was on his deathbed in 337. (Even tho he outlawed Arianism at the Council of Nicaea, he reinstated it 3 yrs later and was baptised by an Arian bishop!) He was a devotee of the Sol Invictus religion until the last minute (Pascals Wager, anyone?). He did not make Xtianity the state religion of the Roman Empire. He just legalized it. Theodosius made it the state religion in 392. This fact is misrepresented all the time.
Back on topic. Josephus was a Jewish historian working for the Romans in the 1st century. It is my understanding Joshephus lists 19 famous Iesouses from his period, some of whom are called messiahs. None of whom were J of Nazareth, or Christos.
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