This article was originally posted at www.tlvbiblesociety.org Mental pictures of pastors and rabbis opening up English bibles, making points from the sacred text and saying “It says right here in my Bible!” are not hard to conjure, for those with experience in contemporary, faith-based communities. While exclaiming Jesus said this or that makes for good preaching, worth noting is the fact that Jesus likely spoke Aramaic, a Semitic tongue, on the streets, and read Hebrew text in the synagogues He frequented. Though preachers lay claim to be quoting Him, the communicator is......
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