08-28-2004, 05:00 AM
[quote="byrnesey"]Don't mean to spam but you can also talk of Philemon. A letter supposedly written by a Greek speaker to a Greek speaking Greek in Greece. And the Greek copy of it is filled with Aramaic proofs. quote]
Now that I should keep in mind. And one good point on that is, as far as dating etc. that is one of the more late epistles. Well not super late, but defintely its more than half way through. Which is significant. Because some people wouldn't doubt the vary first gospel was in Aramaic first.
But the way people interpret history, there often is the idea of when did the Greeks and Latins take over. And those verses that say "neither Jew nor Greek", in GNT really muddy the waters. Anyway finding Aramaicisms in much later works I think helps the cause a lot.
I think many many people have this idea, that basically after Pentecost etc. the disciples preached the Gospel a few years in Jeriusalem, and all righteous Jews beleived, but most hardened their heart. And so, it was soon preached to the gentiles. And the gentiles went crazy for it! Soon the apostles were taking crash courses on Greek to keep up with the demand! And since they could always be there, they got to writing down the gospels and later in the epistles (In Greek of course). And within a few short years the church went from being semitic and Aramaic to beng Greek.
which of course, should be seen as being a little bit too naive. Not to mention, people with any kind of semitic background, wether Church of the East, Syrian Orthodox, or Messianic Jewish should see it as rewritting of history, basically a coup against "the people of the book".
Now that I should keep in mind. And one good point on that is, as far as dating etc. that is one of the more late epistles. Well not super late, but defintely its more than half way through. Which is significant. Because some people wouldn't doubt the vary first gospel was in Aramaic first.
But the way people interpret history, there often is the idea of when did the Greeks and Latins take over. And those verses that say "neither Jew nor Greek", in GNT really muddy the waters. Anyway finding Aramaicisms in much later works I think helps the cause a lot.
I think many many people have this idea, that basically after Pentecost etc. the disciples preached the Gospel a few years in Jeriusalem, and all righteous Jews beleived, but most hardened their heart. And so, it was soon preached to the gentiles. And the gentiles went crazy for it! Soon the apostles were taking crash courses on Greek to keep up with the demand! And since they could always be there, they got to writing down the gospels and later in the epistles (In Greek of course). And within a few short years the church went from being semitic and Aramaic to beng Greek.
which of course, should be seen as being a little bit too naive. Not to mention, people with any kind of semitic background, wether Church of the East, Syrian Orthodox, or Messianic Jewish should see it as rewritting of history, basically a coup against "the people of the book".