08-10-2014, 10:00 PM
Shlama,
Is there an article or list out there which summarizes the major points for Aramaic Primacy and their significance (either linguistically, historically, or theologically)? Something that touches on all the double word meanings (leper/potter, camel/rope, eunuch/faithful one, generation/tribe, sin/debt, bed/coffin, bondage being mistook for slavery, etc.) and things like prophet VS Jeremiah in Matthew 27:9, the generations in Matthew 1, etc.
I'm looking for something I can bring the broader scholarly community in an effort to get the Peshitta and it's weightier arguments for primacy noticed. If the Aramaic is truly the original then it deserves to be looked at and accepted as such, and if it's not, then we need to see primacy proofs refuted to establish this fact. But it seems as if there has been very little dialogue between experts on these subjects in their respective fields, and I'd like to try to put an end to that. I want the textual proofs pointing to an Aramaic original that I had been taught as a relatively new Christian without any Biblical language proficiency to be examined by experts on the other side who are fluent in Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew.
As a last resort if time permits I could come up with my own list, but I know there has to be at least SOMETHING already.
Is there an article or list out there which summarizes the major points for Aramaic Primacy and their significance (either linguistically, historically, or theologically)? Something that touches on all the double word meanings (leper/potter, camel/rope, eunuch/faithful one, generation/tribe, sin/debt, bed/coffin, bondage being mistook for slavery, etc.) and things like prophet VS Jeremiah in Matthew 27:9, the generations in Matthew 1, etc.
I'm looking for something I can bring the broader scholarly community in an effort to get the Peshitta and it's weightier arguments for primacy noticed. If the Aramaic is truly the original then it deserves to be looked at and accepted as such, and if it's not, then we need to see primacy proofs refuted to establish this fact. But it seems as if there has been very little dialogue between experts on these subjects in their respective fields, and I'd like to try to put an end to that. I want the textual proofs pointing to an Aramaic original that I had been taught as a relatively new Christian without any Biblical language proficiency to be examined by experts on the other side who are fluent in Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew.
As a last resort if time permits I could come up with my own list, but I know there has to be at least SOMETHING already.