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Clarification on Peshitta OT - TruthFinder - 11-23-2014
Was the Old Testament originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic, Syrian?
Evidence is accumulating the New Testament was originally in aramaic so did
these people have an aramaic Old Testament or was it Hebrew?
Trying to fill in some gaps in my understanding.
TF
Re: Clarification on Peshitta OT - SteveCaruso - 11-24-2014
The Old Testament was originally compiled in Hebrew and some Imperial Aramaic (mostly in Daniel and Ezra with a few older Aramaic words here and there). Syriac as a distinct Aramaic dialect is not that old.
Peace,
-Steve
Re: Clarification on Peshitta OT - Malachi3_6 - 11-24-2014
They did have "Aramaic OTs" in the form of Targums (Aramaic paraphrases of the OT) as well. But the original language of the OT was Hebrew, as brother Steve said.
Re: Clarification on Peshitta OT - Charles Wilson - 11-25-2014
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