New Testament in Hebrew was Re: Camels and needles

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., naama_gat at h... wrote:
> > 
> > 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

Possibly I'm getting hopelessly muddled up! Probably thinking of Old 
Testament Hebrew. 

Is Aramaic the same as Syriac? (dim and distant memories of school RI 
lessons).

Maybe the original mistranslation was done in Aramaic - which might 
explain why Yael can't make it work in (modern) Hebrew. Are the two 
very different? If you asked me to translate Anglo-Saxon I'd be 
stuck ...


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