Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Barry H." <nebarry AT verizon.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fred burlingame" <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
To: "Sarah J. Blake" <sarah AT growingstrong.org>
Cc: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 12:47 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] the hellenization of isaiah


> Whether or not the new testament record is true, it unequivocally 
> testifies
> for the hebrew and not the greek language.

No it doesn't.

> When Paul was threatened by an angry hebrew crowd at the temple, did he
> attempt to save his life by speaking greek or hebrew? Acts 21:40; 22:2
> testify to the latter language. Indeed the hebrews were stirred to anger
> and action because Paul had brought greeks into the temple. Acts 21:28, 
> 31.

When Paul preached to the Athenians in Acts 17, did he do so in Hebrew or in 
Greek?  See, the NT unequivocally testifies for the Greek and not the Hebrew 
language.

> The gospels were written to convince and witness to the hebrews first, 
> that
> their promised Savior had arrived and would deliver them from the roman 
> and
> greek chains.

If that is the case, why does the Gospel of John go to such pains to explain 
Jewish customs, as though the readers don't know about them?  Why do the 
synoptic writers find it necessary to translate Hebrew/Aramaic terms?

> The idea that their sacred gospels could have been or were written in the
> language of one of their historic enemies ( latin or greek or syrian ((
> aramaic )) or egyptian) is simply not credible on the record of the n.t.,
> itself.

Is it incredible that Jesus told the disciples to "Go, and make disciples of 
all nations?"  Those nations are their historic enemies, right?  Do you 
think that the missionaries preached in Hebrew when they evangelized the 
nations?

N.E. Barry Hofstetter, semper melius Latine sonat...
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