03-07-2004, 08:28 PM
Shlama Akhay,
Someone on one of my forums began bringing up that tired old excuse that the Peshitta cannot be original because of Greek loan words in it. I gave my standard response, which is that Greek loan words reflect the reality of Jews under Roman domination, and that words like "denarii" and "centurion" are inevitable. Also explain about the "kristianay" reading being attributed to the Peshitta redactors accurately recording what Greek Gentiles in Antioch physically said.
However my opponents' take seems to be that "eucharist" should not be there, but a more Jewish term 'bread offering". I still think this is a case of Gentile influence mixing in first century text, but I also recall that either Paul Younan or someone else posted a rather scathing rebuttal of the loan word-debunking-Peshitta school. Does anyone know where that is?
These people tried to do an endrun around me also. The thread was titled "Eucharist" but when you opened it up it reads 'eucharist: a Peshitta problem", and they addressed it directly to Joe Viel, not to me, because they knew I would have major problems with what they were saying.
Any insisghts would be greatly appreciated.
Someone on one of my forums began bringing up that tired old excuse that the Peshitta cannot be original because of Greek loan words in it. I gave my standard response, which is that Greek loan words reflect the reality of Jews under Roman domination, and that words like "denarii" and "centurion" are inevitable. Also explain about the "kristianay" reading being attributed to the Peshitta redactors accurately recording what Greek Gentiles in Antioch physically said.
However my opponents' take seems to be that "eucharist" should not be there, but a more Jewish term 'bread offering". I still think this is a case of Gentile influence mixing in first century text, but I also recall that either Paul Younan or someone else posted a rather scathing rebuttal of the loan word-debunking-Peshitta school. Does anyone know where that is?
These people tried to do an endrun around me also. The thread was titled "Eucharist" but when you opened it up it reads 'eucharist: a Peshitta problem", and they addressed it directly to Joe Viel, not to me, because they knew I would have major problems with what they were saying.
Any insisghts would be greatly appreciated.
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth
Andrew Gabriel Roth