01-30-2013, 09:09 PM
Paul Younan Wrote:Mickoy,
You've piqued my curiosity. In the ancient texts, there were no "chapters" or "lines" for that matter.
Can you give any more information directly from the supposed source of the claim?
+Shamasha
Hi Paul,
according to Dr. Rocco Errico,
the first 2 chapters were on a separated scroll and added later! As you know the word "Kthawa" means scroll, book, record, roll!
Quote from: The message of Matthew, an annotated parallel Aramaic-English Gospel of Matthew
"The first and second chapters of Matthew serve as a foreword to his gospel.It is believed by the majority of New Testament experts that chapter 1 and 2, which are refer to as the Infancy Narrrative, first appeared on a separate scroll which was not originally a part of Matthews book. These scholars also tell us that verses 18-25 were completely independent in origin from the genealogical table(verses 1-17)."
That fits together with what the "church fathers" said about the "hebrew Matthew" (see above!)
I agree with you, what i mean with "chapters" is as we have it today!
Kind regards
Michael