Originally written in the language of the Pagans...... GREEK ?
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2007-09-10 05:12:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Who cares what language it was written in as long as God wrote!
God loves you.....God bless
2007-09-10 05:33:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The New Testament LETTERS.....emphasis on the word LETTERS...Epistles...were ALL written in Koine Greek. Why is that? Well after the Romans took over the Greek empire they kept the Common (Koine) Greek language in tact as the language of trade. Greek Language in the Roman Empire was more influential than English is today. Sure each province had their own language (such as Aramaic in Palistine) but all the educated Roman citizens spoke Greek. If you believe the New Testament was written in Hebrew you are not well informed. Also the writters of the Letters that became the New Testament were not writting to the Churches or individuals in order to establish a new Holy Text. To Paul, the Disciples of Jesus and all those that were familure with the Scriputers (what we know of as Old Testament) they were content with that as their Holy Text. It was the Romans in the 4th Century, Council of Nicea, that formed the New Testament.
2007-09-10 05:27:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sanskrit, the language of the Bhagavad Gita is considered a Holy Text by the Hindus, and it is decidedly NOT a Semitic language.
2007-09-10 05:18:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It was written in Greek. There is some thought that Matthew was written originally in Hebrew.
2007-09-10 05:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by Jed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um. There are holy texts of thousands of nonsemetic languages.
what do you mean by "Holy Text" do you mean ABRAHAMIC text?
In that case, yes. And Christians are the only Abrahamicists not expected to read their scriptures in the original language to be considered an adult of their faith.
2007-09-10 06:48:47 · answer #5 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a well established error of the "Christians" that the "New Testament" was written in Greek. In fact, it was written in Hebrew.
2007-09-10 05:17:32 · answer #6 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
What about the Norse holy texts, or the Hindu ones, or the Buddhist ones, or the . . . .
There is religion beyond the Abrahamic myths.
2007-09-10 05:20:02 · answer #7 · answered by Simon T 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes- certainly the new testament
2007-09-10 05:16:19 · answer #8 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋