04-16-2013, 04:11 AM
I'm not trying to spark a debate but trying to see the responses to these questions.
1. Many Jewish tombs in Israel have been discovered with Greek writing, notably the tomb of Caiaphas. How does this fit into the idea that few Jews in Israel had great knowledge of Greek?
2. Where does the Talmud speak of a time of mourning when the Septuagint was completed? Where is more proof that it wasn't used much in Israel? Andrew Gabriel Roth quotes a Peshitta primacist scholar speaking of the time of mourning in his appendix in the "Survey of Peshitta Primacist Scholarship".
3. Is there any citation for the supposedly rabbinical quote that says, "It is better to feed your children the meat of swine than to teach them Greek,"? Lamsa and Bauscher have both used this quote in their introductions.
4. Could more proof be given as to the Aramaic primacy of Paul's letters to European churches?
5. Could the Galileans have had a great knowledge of Greek than the Judeans? Ancient Nazareth was very close to Greek speaking villages, I believe.
6. Is there more proof that Luke was a Semitic Gentile as opposed to being a Greek?
7. Scholars claim that the New Testament does not bear the marks of a translation. What say you to this?
8. Do you believe the Apostle Paul was a fluent Greek speaker or at least a good Greek speaker? The Book of Acts seems to show that Paul spoke Greek quite well. I believe Tarsus had a great number of Greek speakers in it as well. Paul also spoke Aramaic and very likely Hebrew.
9. What is your opinion of the idea that Jesus preached and debated in Hebrew?
10. Were the Targums more popular than the Septuagint among the Israeli Jews?
1. Many Jewish tombs in Israel have been discovered with Greek writing, notably the tomb of Caiaphas. How does this fit into the idea that few Jews in Israel had great knowledge of Greek?
2. Where does the Talmud speak of a time of mourning when the Septuagint was completed? Where is more proof that it wasn't used much in Israel? Andrew Gabriel Roth quotes a Peshitta primacist scholar speaking of the time of mourning in his appendix in the "Survey of Peshitta Primacist Scholarship".
3. Is there any citation for the supposedly rabbinical quote that says, "It is better to feed your children the meat of swine than to teach them Greek,"? Lamsa and Bauscher have both used this quote in their introductions.
4. Could more proof be given as to the Aramaic primacy of Paul's letters to European churches?
5. Could the Galileans have had a great knowledge of Greek than the Judeans? Ancient Nazareth was very close to Greek speaking villages, I believe.
6. Is there more proof that Luke was a Semitic Gentile as opposed to being a Greek?
7. Scholars claim that the New Testament does not bear the marks of a translation. What say you to this?
8. Do you believe the Apostle Paul was a fluent Greek speaker or at least a good Greek speaker? The Book of Acts seems to show that Paul spoke Greek quite well. I believe Tarsus had a great number of Greek speakers in it as well. Paul also spoke Aramaic and very likely Hebrew.
9. What is your opinion of the idea that Jesus preached and debated in Hebrew?
10. Were the Targums more popular than the Septuagint among the Israeli Jews?