10-23-2014, 12:51 AM
If you read the Illustrious Men by Jerome he also speaks of Hebrew/ Possibly Aramaic versions of Mathew and Mark, Also Papias confirms this as well.
However, one of the most compelling interesting evidences are the Abd Al Jabbar Text where a "Jewish-Christian" Sect in a Muslim Polemic outright say the greek traditions of text were not as valid as the Semitic one.
We Also know there is a quotation of Matthew from 95 C.E. in the Talmud by Rabban Gamaliel II in Aramaic which cites a perhaps an earlier version of Mathew in Tractate Shabbat 116B. We also have the Odes of Solomon which are some of the earliest Jewish Christian sources and correspond very heavily to the Peshitta version of John. Both texts are written in Syriac.
However, one of the most compelling interesting evidences are the Abd Al Jabbar Text where a "Jewish-Christian" Sect in a Muslim Polemic outright say the greek traditions of text were not as valid as the Semitic one.
We Also know there is a quotation of Matthew from 95 C.E. in the Talmud by Rabban Gamaliel II in Aramaic which cites a perhaps an earlier version of Mathew in Tractate Shabbat 116B. We also have the Odes of Solomon which are some of the earliest Jewish Christian sources and correspond very heavily to the Peshitta version of John. Both texts are written in Syriac.