04-13-2008, 04:55 AM
This is a quote of Bart Ehrman
"..... Jesus spoke Aramaic, my, my opinion is that he did not know Greek, eh, and he did not know Latin, and i probably think he probably knew Aramaic. The Gospels are written in Greek, so already when you are reading the Gospels in Greek you are a step removed from the words of Jesus...... There are sayings in the Gospels that make better sence if you re-translate them into Aramaic from Greek, its trickey to do, but its fun to."
Then he goes on to give an example of this in Mark 2. about he Son of Man.
He is getting close... yes, he is getting close.... just not close enough! <!-- s:lookround: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/lookround.gif" alt=":lookround:" title="Look Round" /><!-- s:lookround: -->
"..... Jesus spoke Aramaic, my, my opinion is that he did not know Greek, eh, and he did not know Latin, and i probably think he probably knew Aramaic. The Gospels are written in Greek, so already when you are reading the Gospels in Greek you are a step removed from the words of Jesus...... There are sayings in the Gospels that make better sence if you re-translate them into Aramaic from Greek, its trickey to do, but its fun to."
Then he goes on to give an example of this in Mark 2. about he Son of Man.
He is getting close... yes, he is getting close.... just not close enough! <!-- s:lookround: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/lookround.gif" alt=":lookround:" title="Look Round" /><!-- s:lookround: -->