Re: Gospels originally written in Hebrew?

From: Perry L. Stepp (plstepp@flash.net)
Date: Tue Dec 23 1997 - 03:14:19 EST


Hello, all.

>Ben Crick has mentioned that, " It is axiomatic that the Gospels were
>translated out of Aramaic/Hebrew originals (/pace/ Papias)." He argues
>from Papias and from the Gospel of Luke (see below).

>Does anybody know of additional arguments for this position? How about
>rebuttals? I am very interested.

George Howard has written about several medieval Hebrew texts of Matthew,
and published the complete text (as I recall) of Shem Tov. Howard argues
that they show evidence of an ancient Hebrew textual tradition. William
Peterson, who frequents the tc-list, published a (rather damning, in my
opinion) review in JBL.

Raymond Martin, who I referenced on this list in another context last week,
has published several studies comparing the syntax of translation Greek
(Greek translations of Aramaic/Hebrew originals) and non-translated Greek.

And of course, there's Matthew Black, etc.

PLStepp

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