To: NYer
"For example, Luke wove some marvelous things into his Gospel that only a knowledgeable Jew would have understood"
Your post might be better received were it not for the fact that Luke was a Greek, writing in Greek, to a friend in Greece. How would Luke or his friend have the understanding of the Hebrew language which "only a knowledgeable Jew would have understood?"
15 posted on
02/26/2006 2:41:09 PM PST by
tenn2005
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To: tenn2005
"One of the things he would have understood is typology."Is it your assertion then that a fluency in Hebrew is required to understand typology?
17 posted on
02/26/2006 2:51:08 PM PST by
FormerLib
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To: tenn2005; FormerLib
How would Luke or his friend have the understanding of the Hebrew language which "only a knowledgeable Jew would have understood?" St. Luke had a great knowledge of the Septuagint and of things Jewish, which he acquired either as a Jewish proselyte (St. Jerome) or after he became a Christian, through his close intercourse with the Apostles and disciples.
Gospel of St. Luke
24 posted on
02/26/2006 3:37:03 PM PST by
NYer
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