11-25-2013, 05:07 PM
Aside from the disciples and followers of Jesus, Josephus is the only reliable historian from first century AD.
You write false information and you have the nerve to judge an honest man like Josephus. His honesty was well approved by Titus, Vespasian, and Domitian. Domitian even punished the false historians who tried to make false histories and lies against Josephus.
There are Jewish inscriptions in Greek, because if anyone was punished under Roman Empire through death, then Romans were required to write Greek and also Latin inscriptions on their grave or cross due to the fact that Greek and Latin represented Roman Empire. Look at the sign on the cross of Jesus - Aramaic, Greek, and Latin.
Look at your laughable statement - "Whenever you have a large body of copies made by hand, there will be variants." What a laughable justification for 3,306 variants in the Gospels alone!
This is worse than the points of false historian Apion who went against Josephus. You don't know anything about History and you come in here with words coming out of your head for your deceiving plans.
Below is an interesting information for everyone other than Caruso.
Aramaic (a.k.a Syriac) was the spoken language of Jews during Maccabean Period (1 Maccabees 12:37 of Both Peshitta Tanakh and Septuagint). So there are only Aramaic versions (Peshitta Tanakh in Codex Ambrosianus) and Greek versions (Septuagint) of Maccabees.
Whenever "Kh" (khet) is mentioned in a name or word in Aramaic (a.k.a Syriac), it is replaced with "Alpha" in Both Septuagint and Greek NT manuscripts.
In Peshitta NT, we read "Khqel Dama" (Acts 1:19) which is transliterated as "Akel Dama." "Kh" (Khet) in Peshitta and Aramaic Historical manuscripts are replaced by "Alpha" in Greek NT & Greek Historical manuscripts.
This can also be seen in Peshitta Tanakh in Codex Ambrosianus.
1 Maccabees 2:1-5 (My attempt in translating 1 Maccabees 2:1-5 - Ceriani Veteris Testamentum Pg. 104) - "In those days arose Mattitha, the son of Yukhanan, the son of Shimeon, a priest from the sons of Yonadab, from Jerusalem, and has dwelt in Moraim. 2. He had five sons, Yukhanan called Gaddaz. 3. Shimeon called Tarsaz. 4. Yuda called Maqabaya. 5. Eleazaran called Khoran and Yonathan called Khaphus."
1 Maccabees 2:1-5 (Septuagint) - "In those days arose Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and dwelt in Modin. 2 And he had five sons, Joannan, called Caddis: 3 Simon; called Thassi: 4 Judas, who was called Maccabeus: 5 Eleazar, called Avaran: and Jonathan, whose surname was Apphus."
Notice the shift from "Khet" to "Alpha." "Khoran" is transliterated as "Avaran" and "Khaphus" is transliterated as "Apphus" in Septuagint.
You write false information and you have the nerve to judge an honest man like Josephus. His honesty was well approved by Titus, Vespasian, and Domitian. Domitian even punished the false historians who tried to make false histories and lies against Josephus.
There are Jewish inscriptions in Greek, because if anyone was punished under Roman Empire through death, then Romans were required to write Greek and also Latin inscriptions on their grave or cross due to the fact that Greek and Latin represented Roman Empire. Look at the sign on the cross of Jesus - Aramaic, Greek, and Latin.
Look at your laughable statement - "Whenever you have a large body of copies made by hand, there will be variants." What a laughable justification for 3,306 variants in the Gospels alone!
This is worse than the points of false historian Apion who went against Josephus. You don't know anything about History and you come in here with words coming out of your head for your deceiving plans.
Below is an interesting information for everyone other than Caruso.
Aramaic (a.k.a Syriac) was the spoken language of Jews during Maccabean Period (1 Maccabees 12:37 of Both Peshitta Tanakh and Septuagint). So there are only Aramaic versions (Peshitta Tanakh in Codex Ambrosianus) and Greek versions (Septuagint) of Maccabees.
Whenever "Kh" (khet) is mentioned in a name or word in Aramaic (a.k.a Syriac), it is replaced with "Alpha" in Both Septuagint and Greek NT manuscripts.
In Peshitta NT, we read "Khqel Dama" (Acts 1:19) which is transliterated as "Akel Dama." "Kh" (Khet) in Peshitta and Aramaic Historical manuscripts are replaced by "Alpha" in Greek NT & Greek Historical manuscripts.
This can also be seen in Peshitta Tanakh in Codex Ambrosianus.
1 Maccabees 2:1-5 (My attempt in translating 1 Maccabees 2:1-5 - Ceriani Veteris Testamentum Pg. 104) - "In those days arose Mattitha, the son of Yukhanan, the son of Shimeon, a priest from the sons of Yonadab, from Jerusalem, and has dwelt in Moraim. 2. He had five sons, Yukhanan called Gaddaz. 3. Shimeon called Tarsaz. 4. Yuda called Maqabaya. 5. Eleazaran called Khoran and Yonathan called Khaphus."
1 Maccabees 2:1-5 (Septuagint) - "In those days arose Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and dwelt in Modin. 2 And he had five sons, Joannan, called Caddis: 3 Simon; called Thassi: 4 Judas, who was called Maccabeus: 5 Eleazar, called Avaran: and Jonathan, whose surname was Apphus."
Notice the shift from "Khet" to "Alpha." "Khoran" is transliterated as "Avaran" and "Khaphus" is transliterated as "Apphus" in Septuagint.