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difficulty to be solved and overcome is to discover the original
Semitic name used by Jesus Christ either in Hebrew or
Aramaic.
(a) The Syriac Pshittha, while writing "Paraqleita,"
does not even in a glossary give its meaning. But the Vulgate
translates it into "consolator" or "consoler." If I am not
mistaken the Aramaic form must have been "Mhamda" or
"Hamida"' to correspond with the Arabic "Muhammad" or
"Ahmad" and the Greek 'Periqlyte."
The interpretation of the Greek word in the sense of
consolation does not imply that the name Periqlyte itself is
the consoler, but the belief and the hope in the promise that
he will come "to console the early Christians. The expecta-
tion that Jesus would come down again in glory before many
Semitic name used by Jesus Christ either in Hebrew or
Aramaic.
(a) The Syriac Pshittha, while writing "Paraqleita,"
does not even in a glossary give its meaning. But the Vulgate
translates it into "consolator" or "consoler." If I am not
mistaken the Aramaic form must have been "Mhamda" or
"Hamida"' to correspond with the Arabic "Muhammad" or
"Ahmad" and the Greek 'Periqlyte."
The interpretation of the Greek word in the sense of
consolation does not imply that the name Periqlyte itself is
the consoler, but the belief and the hope in the promise that
he will come "to console the early Christians. The expecta-
tion that Jesus would come down again in glory before many