Now, the driving force beyond the belief that none of New Testament was written in Greek, irrespective of the reasons given, is that those who try to insist that Greek was not the original language want to use what could be called "sacred names." Nearly all the books of the New Testament were written to or from Greek-speaking cities and/or addressed to Greek-speakers.īut some claim that second century references by Papias and Irenaeus that a copy of Matthew's Gospel account was written in Hebrew (or as some interpret it, Aramaic) help prove that the entire New Testament was written in a language other than Greek. Now, the New Testament shows that its main writer, the Apostle Paul knew Greek (Acts 21:37-39) and that he wrote letters to Greek speakers in ancient Greece (which included Asia Minor). 5th edition.Was the New Testament Written in Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic? Was the New Testament Written in Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic?įrom time to time over the decades (the first time was in the 1970s), I have been contacted by someone who read one or more publications which persuaded them that the New Testament (NT) was originally written in a language other than Greek. Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen LiteraturĪland, B. and C. Westermann, eds., Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament, 3 vols. Kaiser Verlag / Theologischer Verlag, 1971. and C. Westermann, eds., Theologisches Handwörterbuch zum Alten Testament, 2 vols. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation SeriesĪ Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew. The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period Neuer Stuttgarter Kommentar Altes Testament Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures: The New JPS Translation according to the Traditional Hebrew Text New International Commentary on the Old Testament Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semiticĭe Bijbel: De nieuwe Bijbelvertaling met Deuterocanonieke Boeken Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
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