tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230344530531927799.post852998552530649697..comments2023-04-28T06:59:37.174-04:00Comments on twoTwentyEight: The Languages of Jesus and PaulJoseph Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00339898114118904716noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230344530531927799.post-88535160894761955592016-03-07T14:06:54.582-05:002016-03-07T14:06:54.582-05:00Papias of Hierapolis, early in the second century,...Papias of Hierapolis, early in the second century, is quoted as stating "Matthew put the logia [the sayings of Jesus] in an ordered arrangement in the Hebrew language, but each person interpreted them as best he could." I assume that the reference to "Hebrew" could refer to Aramaic as well as Hebrew proper.<br /><br />Do you find any evidence that the Gospel of Matthew that we have today was translated from Aramaic or Hebrew into Greek?<br /><br />More important, if the written "Q" collection of the sayings of Jesus actually existed (I am not sure that it ever as a written document), is there any evidence that these sayings had an Aramaic origin before being "quoted" as Greek sayings in Matthew and Luke?<br /><br />All of this raises a larger question, in which language or languages was the oral tradition of Jesus' words and deeds remembered and passed down?Joseph Howellnoreply@blogger.com