Subject: Was NT Written in Greek or Hebrew? 1 |
Bible Note: Greetings Kalos! By no means am I an expert on this subject, but I will try to express my thoughts on these points. 2) This point is an example of 'begging the question'. We don't have any original 'Hebrew' New Testament documents, so who knows what they may have or would have quoted. :-) 3) This point could be applied to most of the other points in this article! :-) 4) Whatever Luke's native language may or may not have been, most of the known world was at least conversent in Greek. 5) There are several known 'Theophilus's' in history. It is another 'assumption' to connect the priest of Josephus with the Theophilus of Luke. 6) The extent to which Hebrew was known and used among the Jews is not really the issue. The New Testament was intended for a wider audience than the Jews, thus is was written in the one language that almost everyone could understand - the langue of the marketplace (Greek). Thus far, this article mostly argues from silence and speculation. I would certainly not by impressed by it's arguements. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |