> On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Jonathan Robie wrote:
>
> > At 03:17 PM 9/23/97 +1000, McKay family wrote:
> >
> > >If you haven't seen Jack Kilmon's Scriptorium, it is worth a look.
> > >http://users.accesscomm.net/scriptorium/
> > >
> > >It contains reproductions of a few favourite texts in what Jack
> believes
> > >may have been their original forms. He gives some interesting
> information
> > >about each one, and has each available for sale on papyrus!
> >
> > I am curious about his methodology. How can you produce a
> reconstruction of
> > Jesus' words in Aramaic that is more accurate than the earlier texts
> we have
> > in Greek?
> >
>
> A better question is why the heck would you want to?
Simply because the vox ipsissima Iesu was Aramaic and not Greek.
> The (incredibly well documented) canon of scripture we have is the
> inspired
> word of God not some theoretical reconstruction...
Are you saying that the Greek-speaking Matthean author was
"inspired"moreso than the Aramaic speaking Jesus?
Jack
-- Dâman dith laych idneh dânishMA nishMA Jack Kilmon (jpman@accesscomm.net)