Greek or Hebrew?

Steve Puluka spuluka at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 20 20:09:43 EDT 2001


----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen L Naftaniel" <glensmail at juno.com>

>         I recently received a letter from someone claiming that the New
> Testament was written in Hebrew.  I had never heard such a thing before.
> I am wondering if anyone here could provide any insight.  If anyone knows
> where this idea comes from or if it has any merit please let me know.

Glen,

There are patristic references to the Gospel of Mark being a Hebrew Gospel.
The references are not clear as to which direction the translation would
have been.  I don't have the reference handy, but if you are interested I
can dig it out over the next week.

I am not aware of any other evidence of Hebrew originals for the rest of the
New Testament.  Contrary to your forwarded message, most scholars dismiss
the idea of the NT being a translation from Hebrew.

Steve Puluka
Cantor
Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church
Mckees Rocks PA



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