![]() ![]() The Septuagint Ending of Job and Targum."). "In some manuscripts of the Septuagint (Manuscripts- Aleph, A, B, and C) there is an epilogue which is introduced with the words: houtos hermeneutai ek tes syriakes bibliou." (Book "Targum and Testament Revisited: Aramaic Paraphrases of the Hebrew Bible" by Martin McNamara, under "3. Some manuscripts of Septuagint points out that Book of Job was translated from Syriac (a.k.a Aramaic) book. That is why whenever the apostles say Hebrew, the word comes up is transliteration of an Aramaic word (For Example, John 19:13, John 19:17).Īlthough the mainstream media (owned by Jews) claims that Septuagint was translated from Old Hebrew OT, still Septuagint itself points out it used an Aramaic source. Unlike Hebrew Priests at Jerusalem, the people of first century Israel had no knowledge of Old Hebrew. Aramaic was the language of first century Israel. Old Hebrew OT was used only among Hebrew Priests at Jerusalem. For example, Laban the Aramean (the grandson of Abraham's brother Nahor and the brother of Rebecca) spoke Aramaic - "Jegar Sahadutha" (in Genesis 31:47).Īround 400-375 BC, Aramaic Old Testament replaced Old Hebrew as Old Testament among Hebrews when all of the books written in Old Hebrew prior to Babylonian Captivity were translated into Aramaic. It must be noted that the language of Abraham and his family was Aramaic prior to their arrival at Canaan. It is believed that some books (prior to Babylonian Captivity) like Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Jonah, and Nahum were written in both Old Hebrew and Aramaic due to the fact that Most of the Hebrew tribes were taken during Assyrian Captivity where Aramaic was spoken and books like Jonah and Nahum have to do with Assyria. ![]() So Books like Daniel, Zechariah, Haggai, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Malachi were originally written in Aramaic. After Babylonian Captivity, Old Hebrew was used by Hebrew Priests only for religious purposes. During Babylonian Captivity, Old Hebrew died out as a spoken language. Prior to this, Aramaic was spoken by most of the Hebrew tribes who were taken during Assyrian captivity. Here is the link to Josephus' Judean Wars Book Six (Aramaic version) which explains about the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD predicted by Jesus Christ (Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21) and mentions about the incident "chariots and horsemen seen in the sky" right before the fall of Jerusalem.Īramaic completely replaced Old Hebrew as the language of Hebrews during Babylonian Captivity after the destruction of first temple of Jerusalem. It is indeed a marvel to see that those ancient principles, teachings, truths and discoveries are now being proven and established by scientific inquiry.Originality of Aramaic New Testament can be read here.ġ Maccabees (Aramaic version) is available here. ![]() I salute relentless faith and the feeling of oneness epitomized by the Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, a philosophy that inculcates and fosters an understanding that the whole of humanity is one family. My head bows in reverence to those sages who, transcending the barriers of time dedicated their generations in quest of exploring, unraveling and discovering this infinite treasure trove and further preserved them to be transferred as a treasure to the rising generations. They not only boast of an unbroken tradition of India being at the helm of knowledge but also enforce their profundity and beauty rhapsodized by the great seers and philosophers. India is a land of timeless and unparalleled heritage, to which our ancient monuments, scriptures, inscriptions, doctrines and treatises are the testimony. We proudly dedicate this website to those researchers and scholars who are insatiably wandering in pursuit of knowledge. The only website which offers free online reading of 500 thousand leaves of manuscripts & antique books & antique books The only website in the world which has subject wise categorized the Indian manuscripts & made the cover's of manuscripts based on their subjects. Welcome to the World's biggest online collection of Indian Manuscripts & Antique Books. ![]()
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