Do you believe in Aramaic Primacy for ALL NT books?

[Paul Younan]

Shlama oozeaddai,

Keep in mind that those western manuscript scribal notes (yes, I have seen some of them) also claim (at the beginning of Marqus' gospel) that Marqus wrote his gospel in Rome......IN LATIN.

These were obviously scribal notes written by later hands, especially those of the scribal tradition within the Byzantine realm - they were simply reporting popular Greek-primacist myths about the origins and the places where these books were written.

Church of the East manuscripts (those that are least tampered with) do not contain such wild claims that Mark's gospel was written in LATIN! <!-- s:dontgetit: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/dontgetit.gif" alt=":dontgetit:" title="Dont Get It" /><!-- s:dontgetit: --> Not even Greek primacists say that Mark wrote in Latin!

The most important thing from an Aramaic-primact point of view is comparison of the two texts side by side - the translation will stick out like a sore thumb. See all of the examples we have here on the various forums and categories.

Take care.