# How would Jesus have written his own name?

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**Created:** [December 28, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-jesus-have-written-his-own-name/221468 "2003-12-28T22:46:42Z")\
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Why would he have not used the Divine Name?

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[Here is the Aramaic alphabet.](http://www.omniglot.com/writing/aramaic.htm)

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
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That looks a lot like the ancient Hebrew alphabet.

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
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zev:

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> I doubt it as he would not have used the Divine Name.

Actually, I thought he had been accused of doing just that (albeit in a different context).

Chaim Mattis Keller

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-jesus-have-written-his-own-name/221468/25 "2003-12-29T23:12:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by cmkeller \*  
> \*\*zev:
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> Actually, I thought he had been accused of doing just that (albeit in a different context).
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Clarification: He would probably have not used the Tetragrammon in a manner as cavalierly as a signature.

Zev Steinhardt

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