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Bible Controversy! The Greek New Testament is NOT the Original Bible

Manuscript and Historical Evidence:

Semitic Researcher Publishes Hundreds of Examples Supporting an Aramaic Original

 

Sydney, Australia – 2008 – Semitic researcher Raphael Lataster challenges the status quo by claiming that scholarly consensus is not reason enough to believe in the originality of the Greek New Testament. Determined to help people have a greater understanding and belief in their New Testament, Mr. Lataster has spent years comparing the multitude of Greek and Aramaic manuscripts, as well as historical accounts, to come to the conclusion that Aramaic versions of the Bible, such as the Peshitta, present a far more likely candidate for being the master manuscript from which all others derive.

 

Modern scholarly consensus maintains that while parts of the New Testament (Matthew, Hebrews) would likely have an Aramaic original, the majority was written in Greek. In Was the New Testament Really Written in Greek?: A Concise Compendium of the Many Internal and External Evidences of Aramaic Peshitta Primacy, Lataster questions why we should believe – with no evidence presented to us – that books written about an Aramaic-speaker, by Aramaic-speakers, to an audience of Jewish, Israeli, Assyrian and Aramean Aramaic-speakers, be written in any other language but Aramaic.

 

The book has already proven a hit with its freely-available internet version. Semitic researcher and author, Andrew Roth, comments: “I will be happy to endorse Was the New Testament Really Written in Greek?, and believe it will become a key resource for Semitic researchers in the years to come. In particular, the work represents an excellent introduction and primer to the novice on the grand and stunning issues of Aramaic Primacy in the New Testament.”

 

Other comments highlight the importance of this work – people have claimed that this book helped saved their faith in the Bible, after being disillusioned with the many contradictions and inconsistencies of the Greek New Testament. The book has also been endorsed by relatives of the late Dr. George Lamsa, a pioneer in the field of Aramaic primacy.

 

The over 400-page book includes chapters on various types of evidence, such as historical accounts, Greek mistranslations, Aramaic poetry, Greek manuscript inconsistencies reconciled by the underlying Aramaic text, Greek contradictions, Aramaic idioms, and more.

 

Was the New Testament Really Written in Greek? is available in hardcopy format at: http://stores.lulu.com/AramaicPeshitta

 

The online version (provided at no charge) is available at: http://www.AramaicPeshitta.com

 

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