Post by Malcolm on Jul 17, 2013 1:34:44 GMT -5
We have seen how Christianity went from Egypt to Rome taking with it for a while the Serapis cult.
It is however very interesting to see how it went through yet another transformation when it reached the lands of the Greeks. When we look at the changes that occurred throughout Asia Minor and Greece itself we can only wonder about Paul and how it is possible that he could have been so ignorant of the Greek Jesus who was worshipped in those lands in his day.
The name the Greeks chose is very telling.
First of all the first part of the name of 'Dionysus', i.e. 'Dio' means God. Today it is still much the same, namely 'Theo'.
The letter 'n' is the genitive case in Greek as it was in Ancient Egyptian. That leaves us with 'Ysus', one of the old Greek names for 'Jesus'. Thus Dionysus really means 'Jesus of God'.
The Vase is from the 6th century B.C.E. so we can see that Jesus was very much the Son of God to the Greeks that far back.
It is however very interesting to see how it went through yet another transformation when it reached the lands of the Greeks. When we look at the changes that occurred throughout Asia Minor and Greece itself we can only wonder about Paul and how it is possible that he could have been so ignorant of the Greek Jesus who was worshipped in those lands in his day.
The name the Greeks chose is very telling.
First of all the first part of the name of 'Dionysus', i.e. 'Dio' means God. Today it is still much the same, namely 'Theo'.
The letter 'n' is the genitive case in Greek as it was in Ancient Egyptian. That leaves us with 'Ysus', one of the old Greek names for 'Jesus'. Thus Dionysus really means 'Jesus of God'.
The Vase is from the 6th century B.C.E. so we can see that Jesus was very much the Son of God to the Greeks that far back.
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