✪ A.D. = Anno Domini (Latin ‘In the year of our Lord.’), B.C. = Before Christ, C.E. = Common Era (used by scholars and Jewish people today, meaning the same thing as A.D.), B.C.E. = Before Common Era, (meaning the same as B.C.), B.P. = Before Present (used for large numbers of years in evolutionary thinking), prehistoric = Before history or before writing (about 3500 B.C.). Ref-0066, Vol. 14 No. 1, Winter 2001, p. 31.
✪ "According to the Mishnah, “there are four ‘New Year’ days: on the 1st of Nisan is the New Year for kings and feasts; on the 1st of Elul is the New Year for the Tithe of Cattle (R. Eleazer and R. Simeon say: the 1st of Tishri); on the 1st of Tishri is the New Year for [the reckoning of] the years [of foreign kings], of the Years of Release and Jubilee years, for the planting [of trees] and for vegetables; and the 1st of Shebat is the New Year for [fruit-]trees” (so the School of Shammai; and the School of Hillel say: “On the 15th thereof . . .” ).18 [18] Mishnah Rosh ha-Shanah 1:1." Ref-1200, p. 159. "Therefore, there are indications of two ways in which the year’s beginning was reckoned; a sacred year beginning in spring with the month of Aviv (Nisan) and an agricultural/civil year beginning in autumn with the month of Ethanim (Tishri). Thus, when dating years mentioned in the OT, one must be careful to determine when the year was reckoned as beginning since these two ways of reckoning yeas are offset by six months." Ref-1307, p. 20
✪ "According to the Misha (treatise Rosh Hashanah), “On the 1st of Nisan is a new year for the computation of the reign of kings and for festivals.” To which the Jewish editors of the English translation of the Mishna add this note: “The reign of Jewish kings, whatever the period of accession might be, was always reckoned from the preceding Nisan; so that if, for instance, a Jewish king began to reign in Adar, the following month (Nisan) would be considered as the commencement of the second year of his reign. This rule was observed in all legal contracts, in which the reign of kings was always mentioned.” This rule, I may add, will explain what Christian expositors and critics are pleased to call the “errors” in the chronological statements of Scripture as to Jewish regnal years." Ref-0745, p. 171.
✪ "Jehovah is salvation."
✪ "Commentary of Yepheth ben ‘Ali in the tenth century: As to myself, I am inclined, with Benjamin of Nehawend, to regard it as alluding to the Messiah. . . He (the prophet) thus gives us to understand two things: In the first instance, that the Messiah will only reach his highest degree of honor after long and severe trials; and secondly, that these trials will be sent upon him as a kind of sign, so that, if he finds himself under the yoke of misfortunes while remaining pious in his actions, he may know that he is the designated one. . . . The expression ‘my servant’ is applied to the Messiah as it is applied to his ancestor in the verse, ‘I have sworn to David my servant.’" Ref-0011, p. 126.
✪ Rabbinic name for Yeshua which is a deliberate slur made by dropping the last letter (the "ah" sound) to avoid the implication of Him representing "salvation." Then the first three letters are used as an acronym: "Yimach SHmo V'zichrono," meaning "may his name and memory be blotted out."
✪ Yeshua means "salvation" (Mat. 1:21) - the same name as Joshua who is the High Priest of the Books of Ezra and Zechariah.
✪ Jesus of Nazareth