[B-Greek] Aramaic or Hebrew in NET Bible
schmuel
schmuel at nyc.rr.com
Thu Jul 30 20:00:54 EDT 2009
Hi Folks,
Mitch Larramore Augusta, GA
>As I read the NET Bible, the translators simply can not decide
>whether or not to translate hEBRAISTi "Hebrew" or "Aramaic." What is
>going on behind the scenes that is causing this confusion? Should it
>be Hebrew or Aramaic? It can't be both, can it?
Ken Penner did an excellent SBL presentation on this question, which
includes language and history and culture, presented at the SBL
in 2004.
One post on b-greek was at:
FW: [b-greek] Hebrew =/=Aramaic
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2003-May/025398.html
These materials used to be online in various forms. Essentially I
believe it is safe to say that his case that Hebraisti == Hebrew and
that the Greek word for Aramaic would be distinct, (a form of Chaldee
or Syriac) was very strong. I may have a summary in my archives, but
better would be to ask Ken Penner for the full material.
The Reformation Bible scholars, eg. the Geneva and King James Bible,
always understood this as Hebrew as well. Apparently it changed when
a non-discarded theory (partly due to DSS) of Hebrew atrophy in the
1st century became popular in the 19th century. However modern texts
do not always catch up so quickly to modern redicoveries.
Shalom,
Steven Avery
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