To: turgueman AT netzero.net, peterkirk AT qaya.org
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Linguists hope for Aramaic revival
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:23:18 EST
In a message dated 2/25/2004 11:04:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
turgueman AT netzero.net writes:
Could it be possible Paul's letter were written centuries later by Greek
Christians? (translated)
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I'm assuming that your parethesis indicates your true question, i.e. "was
Paul's letter TRANSLATED centuries later by Greek Christians?" No, that is
not
possible. Note this quotation from the Anchor Bible Dictionary s.v. "Canon."
"The Epistle to the Hebrews, which even the ancient church doubted was
written by Paul, nevertheless came ultimately to be attached to the
collection of
Pauline letters, ordinarily at the end, after the personal letters. This
document had been respected and used in the Egyptian church from an early
time, and
it appears within the Pauline collection (standing second after Romans) in
the
earliest extant manuscript of the Pauline collection, P46 (which has an
Egyptian provenance). "
Since P46 is c. 200, I cannot see how your proposal could be true.
gfsomsel
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