11-26-2012, 10:11 PM
Luc Lefebvre Wrote:Burning one Wrote:it isn't about the reckoning of good or evil, but about following the way to LIFE.i.e. chayim b'Moshiach, nachon? <!-- s--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="
Chen, chen.
Luc Lefebvre Wrote:So what are your thoughts on Roth's translation of Matthew 10:38 then?
"staff" is simply unwarranted as a translation. i don't intend to be harsh in any way, but it just is not a viable choice, if we're completely honest with the language. and since we're dealing with HOLY WRIT here, we have no choice but to be as unbiased as possible and render as closely as we can by text and context. the word is "his cross," and should be translated as such.
the only way one could reach "his staff" would be to come from a Greek primacy place, where the word *could* have that meaning. i don't know any other reason to translate it as "his staff" other than it being a carry-over from the Greek idea of "staff / stake / cross." i've lived in the Messianic / Hebrew-Roots / Netzari community since 1998, and in my earilest memories as a newbie there, before anyone in that movement was ever really talking "Peshitta/Aramaic Primacy," there were those who opted for the "staff" translation in that particular passage based on the Greek allowance. so i personally think it is a carry-over from his pre-Peshitta days. though that is merely my own assumption. only he could answer that, and i'm sure he would be happy to speak to it if addressed, as he was always receptive to textual questions/corrections when i offered them.
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy