There wereno formal surnames at that time; the nearest to a surname was the Nazarene (of Nazareth) or bar Joseph s/o Joseph.
The Christ was a title. There is belief that Joseph's family name was Alpheus same as his brother's f/o James Jose and Judas Thadeus. Alfred Have I got you aout of the hole dear doc? > From: dr.udayba...@gmail.com > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:56:34 +0530 > Subject: [Goanet] Jewish Surname > > Let me pose a question to J. Colaco who is notorious for his responses after > response. My query is further to his response i.e. Message: 1, Date: Mon, 8 > Mar 2010 on the subject "Jewish Surname" (his response is appended here > below) > > I don't understand J. Colaco's responses to every messages appearing in the > forum! > > But right now I am curious to know the SURNAME of our lord Jesus Christ!!!! > > I expect J. C. will answer this question without twisting i.e. just write > the surname ..that is what I am expecting....from JC. > > > Best regards, > > Dr. U. G. Barad > > > J. C's RESPONSE > > Antonio has put forward an interesting theory. > > Here are two possibilities - one of which is scientifically verifiable i.e. > the common maternal lineage can be traced back to Portugal or perhaps > ...Spain: > > 1: The Menezes came from a part of Portugal called Menezes. The original > surname (perhaps) being de Menezes > > 2: Genetic input during the period when the (expelled) Muslim rulers of Goa > returned and surrounded (blockaded) it. The Old Goa Menezes sought refuge > (et al) in Divar. > > Is this not the period when the "bund' to Ribandar was built ....and the > origin of the tradition when a token of the first crop is handed over to the > Governor by the local farmers? > > jc > > > On 8 March 2010 00:44, Antonio Menezes <ac.mene...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It is possible some rich Jews with immovable properties with Manases as > surnames could have converted to Christianity and become Menezes one of whom > came to Goa as a Christian missionary and bequeathed his surname to > hundreds of Hindu converts. > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969