07-19-2004, 09:25 PM
July 19, 2004
Is the Aramaic of the Peshitta relatively modern Syriac that would not be associated with the First Century Apostles? Would Paul and John have used Palestinian Aramaic rather than Syriac? That's what my Greek scholar friend claims. He also claims that most of the cemetery headstones in First Century Palestine were engraved in GREEK according to published archeology reports! Hence, Greek was widely used by the First Century Jews.
Otto
Is the Aramaic of the Peshitta relatively modern Syriac that would not be associated with the First Century Apostles? Would Paul and John have used Palestinian Aramaic rather than Syriac? That's what my Greek scholar friend claims. He also claims that most of the cemetery headstones in First Century Palestine were engraved in GREEK according to published archeology reports! Hence, Greek was widely used by the First Century Jews.
Otto