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- From: Bill.Carlson@p0.f18.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Bill Carlson)
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- Subject: Shem Tov Version Of Matthew
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 00:30:05 GMT
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- To: wvanweer@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu
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- WV> Date: 17 Dec 92 15:07:41 GMT
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- WV> Well, I still would like to see some scholarly references to the
- Wv> Shem Tov found in the last five years.
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- WV> I have found one interesting article regarding the duTillet,...
-
- Then Shem Tov was discovered as having an ancient, 1st cent.
- Mishnaic-Hebrew, base during the last 5 or so years by the same
- George Howard that you are quoting on the DuTillet version. The
- DuTillet is regarded as "old" but not ancient. There are some
- ways that the two versions align, but for the most part, the Shem
- Tov shows evidence of having been an ancient origional composition
- of Matthew, rather than a take-off of any Greek, or even an
- ancient Syriac version.
- The Old Syriac, Sinnaticus #30, [not the Peshitta] is rather
- more well know btw..., referred to the in NKJV ect., as it was
- discovered at the turn of this century, and it includes 2
- manuscripts of Matthew thru John in Biblical Aramaic from aprox.
- late second to early third cent's AD/Ce called the Sinai-
- Palimpsest and the Curetonian version, respectively. Titled
- Evangelion Da-MePharreshe, F. Crawford Burkitt, M.A. Cambridge
- University Press, 1904 [out of print].
- But back to the Shem Tov. There are plenty of "scholarly
- references" to it. For example, you might want to read the review
- in BIBLE REVIEW [Winter 1986] by George Howard pages 15-25:
- New evidence indicates that the Gospel of Matthew was an
- original Hebrew composition. Indeed, it it now possible to
- recover much of this original Hebrew composition from an extant
- manuscript ...{aprox. 10 pages of material here in BR w.86}... The
- similarities in arrangement and wording of the Hebrew and Greek
- texts of Matthew clearly suggest that one text served as a model
- for the other. {...} ...(S.T.)...was written as an origional
- composition, not as a translation.
- Or if you prefer, read the entire evidence yourself in
- George Howards book, where he gives a convincing argument that
- it is indeed an ancient Mishnaic-Hebrew origional composition
- underlaying the Shem Tov manuscript[s]. Citing varient Hebrew
- substratum for the Greek, puns, word connections, and alliteration
- that would be unique to a Hebrew origional, comparison with
- various ancient Hebrew versions and quotes, including the 2nd cent
- quotes of the first century Good-News of the Natzratim, ect...., &
- including the entire text in Hebrew, with an English translation:
- The Gospel Of Matthew According To A Primative Hebrew Text,
- by George Howard, Proff. of religion University of Georgia, Mercer
- University Press, Macon, Georgia 31207. [Peeters] copyright @
- 1987.
- There is a lot more to it than this, but I'm kind of pressed
- for time to do much more on this subject right now, hopefully that
- will steer you in the right direction.
-
- ... 012 Think not that I am come to annul the Torah or the Prophets: 210
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