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"Christians" in Peshitta
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Paul Younan Wrote:And I'm not sure calling Marcus Julius Agrippa, of the Herodian family, a "Semite" is a totally accurate statement. <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile --> If I found the Peshitta to record Agrippa saying the Aramaic "Meshikhaya", I would highly suspect it was a translation of his original word "Krystiana".

BTW - There are lots of loanwords in the Aramaic of the Peshitta (Greek, Latin, Persian, etc.)

+Shamasha
Shlama Paul,

Forgive me, but wasn't Agrippa I a grandson of Herod the Great, an edomite? Edom was a descendant of Shem, so I stand by my statement. On the other hand, I don't doubt he spoke greek as his first language, so I can see your point.

Agree with you that Aramaic, much like every language in the history of languages, contains loan words from the languages of neighboring peoples. My question was whether there was another name which the earliest christians called themselves by -- to which you and Will and Chuck all gave your two cents worth -- and why (specifically) Keepa in his first epistle would use the greek name when addressing non-greeks.

Thanks for the wonderful dialogue anyway.
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"Christians" in Peshitta - by bknight - 03-12-2013, 08:26 AM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by bknight - 03-12-2013, 08:27 AM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by distazo - 03-12-2013, 02:25 PM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by Paul Younan - 03-12-2013, 02:53 PM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by The Texas RAT - 03-15-2013, 05:02 AM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by Thirdwoe - 03-15-2013, 08:00 AM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by The Texas RAT - 03-15-2013, 12:55 PM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by Thirdwoe - 03-15-2013, 03:52 PM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by The Texas RAT - 03-16-2013, 04:32 AM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by Thirdwoe - 03-16-2013, 05:58 AM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by The Texas RAT - 03-16-2013, 10:10 PM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by The Texas RAT - 03-16-2013, 10:18 PM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by Thirdwoe - 03-17-2013, 12:01 AM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by The Texas RAT - 03-17-2013, 02:02 AM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by bknight - 03-17-2013, 03:51 AM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by The Texas RAT - 03-17-2013, 04:08 AM
Re: "Christians" in Peshitta - by Paul Younan - 03-17-2013, 05:33 AM

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