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| Name | Why was the New Testament written in Greek? Why were the Gospels written in Greek? |
| Video Uploader | Video From Jeffrey the Librarian |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 11-03-2020 20:20:32 |
| Video Discription | Why was the New Testament written in Greek originally? Why not Latin, Hebrew, or Aramaic? This is a great question. The short answer is that the whole eastern portion of the Roman Empire was primarily Greek speaking, because Alexander the Great had conquered that part of the world four centuries before the New Testament was written. Greece after Alexander had been a world civilization, and the Greek language was common through the Eastern Mediterranean, northeast Africa, and the Middle East. Many of you have heard that the New Testament was written in "koine" Greek. "Koine" is Greek for "common." The easiest date to remember in ancient history is 333 BC. Just remember three 3s. That's the year Alexander began the conquest of the Near East. What about Latin? Why is the New Testament not originally in Latin? Great question. Latin was not the original language of the New Testament. Yes, Christianity developed during the Roman Empire, so many people wonder why Latin wasn't the original language of the New Testament. Latin existed, of course, but largely in the western Empire, like Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal. The common language in the eastern part of the Roman Empire was Greek, even during the Roman era. Greek simply had been there for so long it was "endemic" ("endemic" is Greek for "among the people"). Greek remained a major language in the Near East until the Arab conquests in the Middle Ages, when Greek was replaced by Arabic. What about Hebrew? Jesus, the Apostles, and the early Christians were Jewish. So why wasn't the New Testament in Hebrew? Believe it or not, Hebrew was already an ancient, classical language during the Roman Empire. Priests, scholars, and rabbis knew Hebrew, but many lay Jewish people did not use Hebrew. Jewish people may have said certain prayers in Hebrew during the Roman era. But by the time of the Roman period, most Jewish people spoke the common language of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, Greek. What about Aramaic? Many people think Jesus was a native speaker of Aramaic. Aramaic was spread by the Persian civilization in earlier antiquity. Aramaic was a language in the countryside. It's possible that many early Christians spoke Aramaic. However, the language of broad communication, commerce, business, scholarship, and other public enterprises was Greek. If you wanted to get a message across in the first century Roman Empire, you wrote it in Greek. Thanks for watching! Subscribe for more! Visit my website jeffreythelibrarian.com |
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| Tags | why were the gospels written in greek? | why was the bible in koine greek | why was the bible written in greek | why was the nt in greek |
