“Is it true or is it false that the Old Testament was written in Hebrew (except for a very small portion of Daniel)and that it was divinely given to the Jews?”
OK. I relent. I’ll answer your question.
Generally, yes. This appears to be the case.
The majority of scholars believe that nearly all of the Old Testament was first written in Hebrew. They consider that parts of Daniel, Ezra, and some scattered verses were originally in Aramaic.
In fact, a single word in Psalm 2 was considered Aramaic by the KJV scholars, when they translated the last verse to begin “kiss the Son...”
However, keep in mind that this is history which is, for the most part, not necessarily supported or proved within the Bible itself.
We do not know from the Bible itself whether the very first autographs were mostly Hebrew in the Old Testament and Greek in the New Testament.
Much was written during and after the Babylonian captivity while many Jews mostly forgot Hebrew.
Aramaic was also the common language of the Jews during Christ’s earthly ministry. While Jesus seems, based on several passages, to have spoken Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic, many of the Jews of that time were not fluent in Hebrew and needed the Old Testament scriptures to be translated into Aramaic when read at synagogue.
Paul calls himself a “Hebrew of the Hebrews.” And the Israelites were “Hebrews” before becoming Israel. Yet, many of them lost their ability to understand Hebrew or never had it at all. Therefore, the answer to your question is not a simple yes or no. But, generally, yes.
For the majority of the time that Israel existed up until Christ came, she did not have the scriptures available to her in her native language. Access to the written Word of God was absent, then came, went, and returned again.
You’ve been harping on this lynchpin question now for quite some time. Do you have a point?
Yes I do have a point.
However, the question I have now is for myself, "Do I want to continue the conversation?" You see by this time I find myself so put off by your extremely obnoxious personality that I have to decide if you're a person I'm willing to expend any more energy or time on.
I mean for me it was quite easy to answer your very simple question:
Do you have a point?
The the answer was "Yes I do".
Well I went back over our past discussion and counted how many replies it took you to answer my very simple question, “Is it true or is it false that the Old Testament was written in Hebrew (except for a very small portion of Daniel)and that it was divinely given to the Jews?” and I counted at least 7 or 8 very long and disjointed, mainly filled with non-sequiturs replies, until you finally answered. And based on that track record, this is a conversation that could go on for a lot more time then I'm willing to put into it.
Taking 7 or more replies to answer a simple true or false question tells me I'm not dealing with a person who wants to have an intelligent conversation, but rather a person who's vain, self-important and is really into grandstanding.
So at this juncture, I'm fed up with you and the whole conversation, but perhaps later as God deals with your heart and shows you how to behave in a more hospitable way towards others you disagree with. ( I mean obviously, I don't mind a little sarcasm now and then, its good to use once in a while to make a point, but you went way beyond sarcasm and straight into outright hostility).
Humbling yourself a little today and finally answering my simple question is a good start for you and it may be the first step in a much longer journey of where God will eventually lead you. But as for me, at this moment, I don't like being involved with you, but I may change my mind at some point depending on certain factors, which include how you respond to this reply and how you respond to future replies from others in your circle of influence, I'll keep my eyes open to watch how things go.
Have a nice day.