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never heard of that bible

2006-06-30 14:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by God Is Love 5 · 0 1

The closest you can get to the original gospels is a Greek New Testament. It appears that most of the New Testament was originally written in Greek, although some parts of the Gospels may have been translated from Aramaic texts. Unfortunately, no one has found any of these original Aramaic texts.

I studied Ancient Greek for three years, and I have read most of the New Testament in its original language. I can promise you that most of the modern English translations are pretty much an accurate translation from the Greek. The best English translation -- in my opinion and in the opinion of many scholars -- is the "New Jerusalem Bible".

Jesus spoke Aramaic, but could speak and read Hebrew as well, apparently. There is some evidence that he could speak and understand some Greek. However, most of his disciples were illiterate and spoke only Aramaic with a rustic, Galilean accent.

Paul, who was not a disciple, is an exception, and although he spoke Hebrew, his primary language was Greek and he wrote very eloquent Greek.

I don't know what you mean when you refer to "errors". The differences between the gospels actually become more obvious in Greek: The "errors" are not a product of translation. The differences I am referring to include the following:

-- Inconsistencies in the lineage account between Luke and Matthew
-- Differences in the order of and details of the miracle accounts
-- Differences in important teachings including the "Sermon on the Mount" and the "Lord's Prayer"
-- Differences in the account of the crucifixion
-- Differences in the account of the discovery of the empty tomb

Unfortunately, there is no "true Bible of Jesus" that everyone can agree on and that is closest to the original sources. Jesus did not write anything down himself as far as we can tell, although he was a literate man. This is probably because his message to the world was urgent: The Kingdom of God was about to come to the earth, and there was no sense in writing things down for future generations. According to Jesus, the generation he was born into would not experience death before God ended human history and brought the final judgment.

2006-06-30 21:20:18 · answer #2 · answered by Verbose Vincent 2 · 0 0

The problem lies on the time around Jesus was walking the earth. The Bible consists of three languages due to around the time that the certain book was written: Hebrew (Old Test), Aramaic, and Greek. More than likely, Jesus spoke both Aramaic and Greek; Aramaic because it was the culture and Greek because of the Roman rulers, the government. Most of the New Test was written in Greek to begin with. There is no Aramaic Bible from the time Jesus walked the earth. We do have manuscripts that date back to the first century, but they are in Greek.

2006-06-30 21:09:55 · answer #3 · answered by Meg 3 · 0 0

The Bible never existed in Aramaic times.

There were many, many gospels and accounts written around the time of Jesus, and after time. In the 300's, a church community developed and accpeted four gospels as "truth" out of many. They accepted, as you know, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Several others (dozens, constantly being discovered/revovered) were discarded as irrelevant, unimportant, or flawed.

There is no Bible from the Aramaic time - there are simply Aporcyphal writings that existed, but were narrowed down to four in centuries after the time of Jesus.

2006-06-30 21:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by rt 3 · 0 0

There were no aramaic bibles. The original languages are Hebrew for the Hebrew Scriptures and Greek for the Chrisitan Scripture. You can find these in most bookstores, usually with a word for word english translation between the lines. They're called interlinear.

2006-06-30 21:08:47 · answer #5 · answered by jasoneheath 1 · 0 0

The Bible was first translated into Hebrew in the Old Testament. Because it was the prominent language at that time. And the New Testament into Greek for the same reason! Using the Strong's concordanance that is the references we use to gain more understanding of the original meaning of words ect.

2006-06-30 21:13:06 · answer #6 · answered by Wayne S 3 · 0 0

No such thing. The Bible has been compiled from numerous texts in Greek and Hebrew, and certain parts of books were included and not others. That's why the Catholic Bible and the King James Bible are different. There is no Bible of Jesus.

2006-06-30 21:11:13 · answer #7 · answered by lottyjoy 6 · 0 0

The Bible was written in Hebrew and Chldea (Old Test.) and Greek and Aramaic (New Test.)

2006-06-30 21:20:36 · answer #8 · answered by ron 2 · 0 0

I don't imagine there is a translation of the bible that is error free because, first) The words have to be translated, then, second) the meaning of those translated words has to be interpreted.
There is just to much room for error even if the people doing the translating do not have their own agenda to make it come out the way they want it to.

2006-06-30 21:13:39 · answer #9 · answered by PBarnfeather 3 · 0 0

Depends on what you mean by errors. The Holy Bible is the scripture of the Chrisitian church and the message held therein is not an error.

2006-06-30 21:15:17 · answer #10 · answered by Who cares 5 · 0 0

Sorry to say but none exist anymore people have cut and pasted it so many times that the original word of god has become the word of the people.

2006-06-30 22:07:59 · answer #11 · answered by phoenixhi2000 2 · 0 0

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