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Obviously there were copies of books from what we call the Old Testament that were written in what we call today "Hebrew" (when we think of classifying biblical languages) before the New Testament was written.
I asked you a simple question...were there Hebrew scriptures before Greek?
Is it possible for you to answer that?
So let's take it down to this level. No more Koine.
Were there Hebrew Scriptures before the Greek New Testament?
Sahabi
reply to post by gladtobehere
Hello gladtobehere, may Peace be with you.
• The Jewish people reject Jesus as the Messiah, and are still awaiting their prophesied King Messiah.
• The Muslims do indeed acknowledge Jesus (Isa) as the true Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament, but only credit him as a Prophet,... not as the Son of God, not as God in the Flesh, and not a Trinity.
jmdewey60
reply to post by WarminIndy
Obviously there were copies of books from what we call the Old Testament that were written in what we call today "Hebrew" (when we think of classifying biblical languages) before the New Testament was written.
I asked you a simple question...were there Hebrew scriptures before Greek?
Is it possible for you to answer that?
So let's take it down to this level. No more Koine.
Were there Hebrew Scriptures before the Greek New Testament?
You already gave the example of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Whether they existed before there were Greek versions, I think that it is doubtful that they did.
The Greeks were all over the known world, whether they were working for the Pharaohs or the Persian emperors, before Alexander the Great came around.
The language that we call biblical Hebrew did not exist until after Israelite confederation was already destroyed.edit on 12-10-2013 by jmdewey60 because: (no reason given)
L. 1: LŠM‘ L. 2: ‘BD YRB‘M "(belonging) to Šm' servant of Yrb'm" The seal was found at Megiddo, in Galilee, at the beginning of the 20th century. The incision of the lion allows it to be dated as not before the 8th century. The name Yrb'm can therefore only refer to Jeroboam II, last great sovereign of the reign of Israel from about 788 to 747 BC.
Found in 1880 in loco in Jerusalem, the Siloam inscription describes the last stages of the excavations in the rock of an aqueduct: the first voices that each of the teams of excavators hears coming from the opposite direction is followed by the arrival of the canalized water. The correspondence with the literary texts which refer to similar works at the time of Hezekiah (cf. 2Kgs 20:20 and 2Chr 32:30) have led scholars to believe that the inscription reproduces a commemorative text written for the occasion, in prevision of and in concomitance with the siege of Sennacherib in 701 BC (concerning his failed expeditions against the reign of Judah and Egypt, see the versions offered by 2Kgs 18:13 – 19:37 and 2Chr 32:1-23, on one hand, and Herodotus, The Histories, Book II, 141: 2-5, on the other).
Would you care to point out where I said that?
Would you care to keep telling us that Greek was before Hebrew?
So the Muslim Messiah is the Anti-Christ? Cuz that's exactly the opposite of who Christ is.