Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com>]

>ither diaspora Jews or Gentiles. And since Greek was the international 
>language of the day, Greek was chosen as the language of communication. 
>There is nothing sensational, controversial, or illogical about this. The 
>burden for showing proof that any New Testament document was written in 
>Hebrew lies with those who claim it. All the evidence seems to suggest 
>otherwise.
>

One needs to distinguish sources, translated into Greek and possibly
used by gospel writers from the gospel writers themselves.
Linguistic evidence in gospels does point to Semitisms, and
specifically a Hebrew narrative (note Aramaic) behind Mark and Luke.
Perhaps produced by Jerusalem church before the canonical gospels,
like Qumran community that chose Hebrew, and perhaps behind the Papias
statement, too.

Randall Buth


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