(NT in Hebrew)bible--Aramaic or Greek?

[Kelley]

> Amy Z: 
> Jesus spoke Aramaic, and large chunks of the OT are Aramaic; it's 
> close to the Hebrew of the time (modern Hebrew's pretty different, 
but not as different as classical from modern Greek or Old from 
modern English--I think). 
> But I checked my NT notes, and my handy photocopy of the Matthew 
> article from some terrific NT encyclopedia I wish I owned said that 
> Matthew wrote in Greek, perhaps for a Greek-speaking Jewish 
population such as the one in Antioch.  He uses a lot of Greek plays 
on words.  
> (Later, the church translated the NT to Latin, then later still to 
> various vernaculars--then-modern English, French, Hebrew, what have 
> you.  Which are, of course, the definitive version.   As one 
elderly woman said when it was suggested that she use something more 
> up-to-date than the King James Version:  "If it was good enough for 
> Jesus, it's good enough for me!") <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

This topic was brought up on the main list several months back, and 
discussed in a vaguely similar way.  I cannot recall any of what the 
conversation was about, but remember that there was a reference made 
to the bible originally being written in Greek.  Not too long prior 
to this comment, I had received a catalogue from a bookseller with 
many listings of books on religion.  One of these was described as 
a 'translation of the bible from the original Aramaic'.  When I 
mentioned this and inquired about it to the group, a few people 
replied that no, the original text was indeed Greek.  If 'large 
chunks' of the OT are in Aramaic, what other language is the rest 
written in?  Is all the original NT written in Greek, then?  I'd 
appreciate any info you can give...

Thanks,

Kelley