New Testament in Hebrew was Re: Camels and needles

naama_gat at hotmail.com naama_gat at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 9 11:03:53 UTC 2001


> 
> I think the idea was that when the translation into Hebrew was done 
a 
> mistake was made (reading/writing 'i' for 'j' , whatever) and the 
> mistake was then propagated into subsequent versions, including 
> English.
> 
> I can't remember if the Greek New Testament was translated directly 
> to Hebrew or if it came via Latin? Or indeed if we even know.
> 

I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but the first time the New 
Testament was translated to Hebrew was sometime during the 19th 
century. Possibly you are thinking of Aramaic?

Naama





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