NOGO

So you think!

Tell me then why does GJohn say things like "for fear of the Jews" and other such statements?

Or maybe the Aramaic version has something like "for fear of ourselves"

judge

Many non jews spoke Aramaic. So it would make no sense to put it as you have.

NOGO

Really?

How many of them could write in Aramaic?

So the Gospels were written by non-Jewish Aramaic speaking people.
And who was the target audience?
Other non-Jewish Aramiac speaking people!
Please get real!

Julian

You are going to have to produce some evidence for that statement. Even Jews in the diaspora seemed to have limited to no ability to speak Aramaic.

Present some evidence.

Julian

Chris Weimer

This says nothing. You're going to have to describe who these people are, what kind of Aramaic they spoke, and when did they speak it. Bona fortuna.

judge

Here is some info on the Aramaic language.



I did not say that.

Whoever wrote the gospels probably did so in their first tongue. There is a wealth of evidence for this.

See here

judge

One can start here. Aramaic language.

OTOH can you present some evidcne for your assertion re: diaspora jews.

Julian

Well, maybe we can agree on the following which would prevent me from digging through my books.

Aramaic, in addition to Greek, was certainly spoken in the Levant, probably as far north as Edessa and Aleppo. It stretched even further east. The syriac NT known as the Christian Palestinian Aramaic is attestation to the fact that it was spoken in those regions. As we move into Asia Minor and towards Rome and Gaul in Europe and towards Carthage on Africa's coast Aramaic is no longer common, even among the Jews descended from the Middle East several generations earlier.

Can we agree on this?

Julian

judge

The evidence seems to indicate IMHO that the gospels were written in Aramaic. therefore those who wrote them most probably had Aramaic as their first tongue.

These wrtings were no doubt translated into other tongues as time went on.

judge

Yes I think we can agree that people other than Judeans spoke Aramaic at that time, particularly to the east.

I am unaware of this version. As far as I am aware the NT used in the East is and was the Peshitta


Yes.


I have seen difffering opinions on this, but for the sake of this thread I can accept this.