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The “Paul” of Romans could not read Hebrew. The “Paul” of Romans got his material from the LXX. The LXX was his bible. The “Paul” of Romans was unaware of any differences between the Hebrew and Greek translations.
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That's not necessarily true. It may be the most likely explanation or it may be just the most convenient one. We can't be sure. Marqe cites the Greek (the Samaritikon?), the Samaritan Targum (Aramaic) and the Hebrew. There may be reasons for his using the Greek that we aren't aware of (his audience's needs).
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Acknowledging the texts, 'Paul' is careful to clearly state that he is 'truely a JEW' of the stock of ISRAEL, of the TRIBE of BENJAMIN, a HEBREW of the HEBREWS; respecting The LAW, a PHARISEE " (Acts 21:39, 22:3 and Phil 3:5)
As a JEW, a BENJAMINITE, and a HEBREW PHARISEE 'brought up at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of The LAW of the fathers', Paul would have been fully trained and proficient in the intricacies Hebrew. Its silly to invent a 'Paul' other than that one that describes himself in these texts. Paul's Gentile audience was composed of primarily Hellenistic Jews and other Greek speaking peoples, it is natural that he would normally address them in the Greek language as very few in that Greek speaking audience would be able to follow or comprehend Hebrew (or Aramaic) speech. But when he addressed an audience that could understand Hebrew, he was fully capable of employing it, as indicated by Acts 21:40 & 22:2 |
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