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To: editor-surveyor

If Douglas Hamp actually wrote that Jesus and His Disciples spoke in Hebrew, not Aramaic, with each other, then Hamp is in a distinct minority (not to say fringe) of scholars. It’s funny how you choose to ignore the dozens of more prominent Biblical scholars (James Dunn, James Barr, etc.) who assert that he spoke Aramaic, and that you risibly claim that when He is quoted in the Gospels as speaking in Aramaic that it was translated from Hebrew into Aramaic by those writing in Greek.

And, of course, to return to the reason why you decided to troll this thread in the first place, you believe that Jesus spoke exclusively in Hebrew with His Disciples yet chose to give Simon the Greek name Petros. Anything to avoid admitting that He named Simon “Cephas,” which is Aramaic for “Rock.”

Yes, there never was any question, which is why the early Christians accepted St. Peter as the leader of the Church. But if you prefer to believe histprical revisionism about what Jesus said, you should at least know what language He spoke.


364 posted on 03/18/2013 3:40:29 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

I’ll waste no more time trying to educate you.


365 posted on 03/19/2013 8:06:22 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

>> “If Douglas Hamp actually wrote that Jesus and His Disciples spoke in Hebrew, not Aramaic, with each other, then Hamp is in a distinct minority (not to say fringe) of scholars.” <<

Perhaps you use the term “scholars” too loosely.

Papias, (AD 60 - 130) Flatly declared that all of the first writings of the NT were in Hebrew.

The following is a ten part video on the subject, sponsored by Rood, but conducted by Nehemia Gordon, a Karaite Jewish scholar. He demonstrates that the gospel of Matthew had to have been written in Hebrew, and possibly translated to Aramaic with great difficulty by the author, and much later translated to Greek by Greek scholars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka-JKIVMbic

Episode 8 is the most interesting of them but all are quite edifying.


366 posted on 03/27/2013 8:48:32 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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