Our New Letter "J"

by: Douglas Berry

   As students with an interest in communication studies, we all know the English language has 26 letters, but did you know that there is a conspiracy contained in one particular letter of our alphabet? As open-minded students, we owe it to ourselves and our professional fields of academic inquiry to unveil this deceptive letter. I first uncovered the truth about this while giving the eulogy at my father’s funeral.

   On a cold, sad winter day in 1993, before my father’s casket was to be buried in the ground, I spoke and read from an old family Bible. My father’s side of the family came to the Massachusetts Colony before 1670, but my Aunt Carolyn mentioned that this Bible came from one of the original thirteen colonies to the south (North Carolina). I was reading from a version of the 1611 King James English Bible. The form of the antiquated English was difficult when I had read out of the New Testament Book of Luke. What puzzled me, however, was that everywhere there should have been the name “Jesus,” the name “Iosous” was written. In fact, I noticed that there was not a single letter “J” to be found in this entire Bible! I asked my Aunt Carolyn about this and she responded that “they didn’t have the letter ‘J’ back then.” This made me curious, so I decided to do a little research about this new letter.

   In my research, I found that the Creator, mentioned in the Bible, does have a name, but it does not begin with an “I” nor a “J”. In fact, He affirms that His name begins with a “Y” and that He has never changed it. I also found that there has been a long history of anti-Semitism that has focused its efforts on disguising the fact that the New Testament Messiah is Jewish. Basically, I found that it is a rhetorical war between biblical Hebrew theology and pagan Greek mythology. The cornerstone upholding this deception of the Bible verses is contained in the letter “J”.

   The dishonest use of the letter “J” has disseminated a rhetoric of deception; one that has empowered European ethnic cleansing. The practice if substituting the “J” for the “Y” is blatantly anti-Semitic. It masquerades as an “I”, and most importantly, falsifies the letter “Y”. According to Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary, the letter “J” did not even exist until the 11th century Norman Invasion of the British Islands (Webster’s 983). This warlike letter made a beachhead into the English language in the 1200s, but, in fact, the invasive letter “J” did not become fully established into the English language until the 17th century after fully misrepresenting the letter “I” and vanquishing the letter “Y”.

   Anti-Semitism has its roots in half truths because the predominant religious European political establishment employed anti-Semitic framing in its rhetoric. This framing includes misrepresentations of the actual historical personage mentioned in the New Testament. “Jesus” is often represented as a blonde hair, blue-eyed Gentile in His appearance in iconic artwork. He is often portrayed as a Greek in His actions, specifically as one who is opposed to keeping the Torah.

   This character hiding behind the letter “J” is a lawless counterfeit parading as an angel of light, a true anti-messiah of sorts. According to the genealogies listed in the four evangels, Christ, or more correctly, the Messiah, was a Jew of the lineage of King David. The letter “J” hides the Hebrew roots of this New Testament Savior and the message that He preached. It also misrepresents His family and relations, all being by birth and culture—“Jews.” In fact, the letter “J” conceals the true identity of the Jews. The Scripture Research Institute in South Africa notes, “… we are refrained from using the word ‘Judah’ because this word is derived from the Greek Iudaios (Judaios), which was none other than a Greek deity (see W. H. Roscher’s Lexicon of Mythology).

   Keep in mind that the letter “J” did not exist until around the year 1300 and the Jews, or more correctly, the Yahudim have existed for thousands of years. Yahudim in the Hebrew language means “one who praises Yahweh.” You have heard the name of Yahweh before in the expression “HalleluYah.” This expression in Hebrew means “praise you YAH—the short form of the name Yahweh. The name Yahweh is important to the Yahudim. It is Israel’s exclusive monotheistic national deity and is specifically mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The name Yahweh is not found five or 500 or 5,000 times, but precisely 6,823 times in the scriptures, existing in the Jewish and Christian Bibles.

   The term “Jehovah” is also a corrupted name as it is a falsely-manufactured hybrid name formed when one takes the Hebrew vowel points for Adonai and transposes them into the Tetragramaton (tetra = four), or four lettered name, Yahweh. G.R. Driver, a scholar from Oxford, in his work The Original Form of the Name ‘Yahweh,’ Evidence and Conclusions, points out that the name Yahweh is found on the Moabite Stone dating from 850 B.C.

   But the real issue is that the letter “J” misrepresents the Messiah presented in the New Testament as a pagan Gentile. The Messianic prophesies in the Old Testament specify that He would be Hebrew Yahudim from the line of King David and the tribe of Yahudah. The name “Jesus” was not in common use until around the year 1,700, even before there was a letter “J”. The name Iesous was used instead. The name Iesous is Greek. It is the feminine form of “the healing Zeus” (Ie+Zeus). In the New Testament, the Messiah says in John 5:43, I have come in My Father’s Name. The Messiah of Israel did not come in the name of Ie or in the name of the Greek Zeus or Iesous, the healing Zeus or in Spanish, H(J)esus. He came in the name of Yahweh and the name, the historical personage of Nazareth, as known by His acquaintances, was Yahshua. But according to some religious leaders, those facts should never be revealed.

   I heard a pastor speaking about the Bible on the radio and was impressed with some of his insights. I decided to talk with this pastor because I was excited to share what I had found about the true name of the New Testament Savior. In our meeting at this large church, I revealed what I had discovered about how the letter “J” covers up the true identity of Yahshua. In my conversation with him, the pastor stated, “We know the name is Yahshua, but the people are not ready for that truth yet.” I was immediately escorted out of his office by two equally large stern men and briskly led to my car in the church’s parking lot. I felt the pastor was hiding something and that what I knew was somehow a threat to him and his large organization. Still, I felt that the details that I had uncovered about the names hiding under the letter “J” were fascinating, yet they were totally dismissed.

   It is absolutely fascinating what the name Yahshua reveals. The first half of the name, Yah, is from Yahweh, His Heavenly Father. The second half is “shua,” meaning salvation. Yahshua of Nazareth’s name means “Yahweh is Salvation.” His source is Yahweh His Father, and His mission is salvation.

   The tricky “J” covers up the Hebrew origins of the New Testament Messiah. It is a completely unscriptural, falsified, counterfeit name usurping the historical record of Yahshua of Nazareth. In fact, strict orthodox Christianity is Hebrew Messianism. Its origin is exclusively Hebrew theology, not a mixture of Greek mythology. The misuse of the letter “J” continues to promote anti-Semitism and cloak many fascinating historical connections, such as Jerusalem itself. In Paleo Hebrew, it is “Yahrushalayim,” the city of Yahweh. This is mentioned in two places in the Old Testament, 1 Kings 11:36 and 2 Kings 21:4, Yahrushalayim, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there. And he built altars in the house of Yahweh of which Yahweh said, “In Yahrushalayim I put My name.”

   Yahweh’s people are also known by His name, as are many of the Biblical prophets who carry the short form of Yah in their names. None of them carry any form of “Healing Zeus.” Notice Isaiah—Yah is my reward, Jeremiah—Yah will elevate and Elijah—My Mighty One is Yahweh. Even the New Testament Messianic Book of Matthew is MattatiYAHu, alluding in its linguistic construction as do most of the New Testament Books, to an original Hebrew, not Greek origin.

   When one falsifies the name of another, it can alter the perceived attributes of that individual who has been misrepresented by a rhetoric of deception. The historical misrepresentation of Yahshua of Nazareth as a Greek who disdains the Jewish people is one of the biggest frauds in the history of the rhetorical tradition.

   The intent of my article has been to empower my fellow communication scholars with the knowledge of the communication significance contained in our new letter “J” and how it has been manipulated to frame and disseminate a rhetoric of deception that has brought dishonor to the field of communication. Keep in mind that the letter “J” did not exist until around the 16th century! Look it up and then decide the truth!