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book of Hebrews: better from Greek, or Aramaic?
David Robert Palmer, translation from the Greek of John
https://www.academia.edu/29678318/The_Gospel_of_JOHN
I see three different meanings of the words "the Jews" in the gospel of John:
1. "The Jews" means "Judeans." ....
By Jesus' time, there were at least three "castes" of Israelites.
The "highest" or "purest" caste was comprised of the "Jews" of Jerusalem and Judea, who felt superior for another reason also: more of them maintained knowledge of the Hebrew language.
The second caste was the Israelites in the far north and northeast, called the Galileans. Fewer of these knew Hebrew, and knew rather their native tongue, Aramaic; and many also spoke Greek and some Latin, because of their geo-political situation.
The third and bottom caste was the "Samaritans" of Samaria. These literally were "untouchable," as in Diatessaron 6:7 and John 4:9. Even the second caste, Galileans, looked down on Samaritans. The town of Nazareth, where Jesus was from, was fairly close to Samaria. It was also said of Jesus that he was a Samaritan: "The Jews answered and said to him, 'Do we not rightly say that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?'" (John 8:48) When a Galilean man, Nathaniel, was told to come meet Jesus of Nazareth, Nathaniel said, "Is it possible for anything good to be from Nazareth?" (Diatessaron 5:14; John 1:46) The disciples James and John were perfectly willing to call down fire from heaven and burn up Samaritans; see Diatessaron 18:2; Luke 9:54.
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2. The leaders of Pharisaic or Rabbinical Judaism. ....
3. False Jews
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RE: book of Hebrews: better from Greek, or Aramaic? - by DavidFord - 03-22-2020, 03:21 AM

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