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Paul - would he choose Greek over Aramaic?
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Hi all,

Someone left this note on my website's guestbook and I think it makes some sense:

One important contextual point in support of Aramaic primacy, not mentioned anywhere in your book, is the fact that under Alexander the Great, the Greeks attempted or even succeeded in placing a statue of their Greek god, Zeus in the temple at Jerusalem. Daniel prohesied this abomination. Now, in context, would Paul, formerly Saul, a Pharisee of the Hebrew faith be super keen on a folk(Greeks) that either tried to or succeeded in violating the Holiest place in Judaism? Would he have the greatest and utmost respect for his enemy to be speaking and writing fluently in Greek, all the while, rejecting his Hebrew upbringing? I think perhaps not! Aramaic Primacy makes absolute sense, Greek primacy seems irrational. Let's not forget that Paul made a veiled tongue-in-cheek reference to the Greek practice of holding orgies after constructing gods, alters and idols in Athens. To the Unknown God, or the God the Greeks never knew. He noted all the idols and gods in Athens, meaning the Greeks could care less about them, but they were sexoholics and loved their orgies, more than their gods, so they made them as an excuse to hold orgies, just as some folks make excuses about hard work, just to go and get drunk today.
Paul clearly did not think much of the Greeks, why would he choose to speak Greek over Aramaic?
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Paul - would he choose Greek over Aramaic? - by peshitta_enthusiast - 12-25-2004, 05:03 AM
re - by Larry Kelsey - 12-25-2004, 03:24 PM

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