01-28-2009, 03:44 PM
Shlama akhi Mike,
thank you for your input.
but my pondering was WHY did the heavenly messenger call Cornelius by an Aramaic pronunciation of his name and not a Greek one.
i would have no issue with a Roman captain being able to speak Greek AND Aramaic, and possibly Hebrew, since he was seemingly very devout, but i am surprised to find that in the instances where the messenger speaks to him and where that conversation was recounted, that both the Greek and the Aramaic texts preserve the Aramaic rendition of his name. however, Keepha is seen speaking with him, and in that place the Aramaic preserves the Greek pronunciation of his name.
do you see why i was surprised? it seems like the messenger really spoke to him in Aramaic! i'm just thinking out loud here, but perhaps, to be as liberal with the idea as we can, it was because he was a learned man in the Aramaic, since he was obviously very involved with Judaism of the day. or was it that Aramaic was more prevalent a language in the eastern Roman empire than scholars would like to admit?
Chayim b'Moshiach (Life in Messiah),
Jeremy
thank you for your input.
but my pondering was WHY did the heavenly messenger call Cornelius by an Aramaic pronunciation of his name and not a Greek one.
i would have no issue with a Roman captain being able to speak Greek AND Aramaic, and possibly Hebrew, since he was seemingly very devout, but i am surprised to find that in the instances where the messenger speaks to him and where that conversation was recounted, that both the Greek and the Aramaic texts preserve the Aramaic rendition of his name. however, Keepha is seen speaking with him, and in that place the Aramaic preserves the Greek pronunciation of his name.
do you see why i was surprised? it seems like the messenger really spoke to him in Aramaic! i'm just thinking out loud here, but perhaps, to be as liberal with the idea as we can, it was because he was a learned man in the Aramaic, since he was obviously very involved with Judaism of the day. or was it that Aramaic was more prevalent a language in the eastern Roman empire than scholars would like to admit?
Chayim b'Moshiach (Life in Messiah),
Jeremy