11-08-2013, 01:39 PM
Guys,
I understand that the language at that time was Aramaic, but Hebrew was the liturgical language. I am not saying that the Shem Tov is the original Hebrew or anything like that.
In this particular example the angel that is speaking to Joseph is speaking Hebrew, not Aramaic. That let me think that a Hebrew Matthew is a possibility, because even in Aramaic the phrase don't make much sense. We have a lot of examples in the Tanakh when someone is named by their physical characteristics or purposed in life. So this is a very Hebrew idea.
I understand all the point of the Aramaic Primacy but I want to be open to examined the text a little bit closer and see if it fits. The naming of Yeshua don't fit in an Aramaic framework. I don't know if someone had done textual criticism related to the Peshitta and the Greek Gospels.
I understand that the language at that time was Aramaic, but Hebrew was the liturgical language. I am not saying that the Shem Tov is the original Hebrew or anything like that.
In this particular example the angel that is speaking to Joseph is speaking Hebrew, not Aramaic. That let me think that a Hebrew Matthew is a possibility, because even in Aramaic the phrase don't make much sense. We have a lot of examples in the Tanakh when someone is named by their physical characteristics or purposed in life. So this is a very Hebrew idea.
I understand all the point of the Aramaic Primacy but I want to be open to examined the text a little bit closer and see if it fits. The naming of Yeshua don't fit in an Aramaic framework. I don't know if someone had done textual criticism related to the Peshitta and the Greek Gospels.