Hebrew Deuterocanonicals?

I have never looked at this either. I would be interested as well if anyone knows. For some reason, which very well could be wrong, I thought they were written in Greek. But that may be just a random association in my mind that is absolutely untrue.

In Christ,
Neal

 

I believe some fragments of some of the "deuteros" in Hebrew and/or Aramaic were found at Qumran. (For what it's worth -- I don't imagine those were fragments of the "original originals").

Mark

 

Boy, would I like to see some good substantiation on this! I have heard of this too, but before I really declare such a thing, I want to see some good evidence.

The Septuagint was supposedly a translation from the Hebrew to the Greek, for the Greek Jews in Alexandra, I understand, so the strong implication is, yes, the deuterocanonicals were in the Hebrew at one time.

And even then, if they find Hebrew fragments that date very old, they are still most probably copies of copies...of the original Hebrew.

This is an interesting topic...

God bless,

PAX

Bill+†+


Forgive us Lord,
when in longing to defend what is right,
when in trying to support the truth
we do what is hurtful and mean,
forgetting to take out
whatever logs are in our own eyes
to take the speck out of the eye of our fellows,
forgetting to work all things in love.

Lord, forgive us
when hurt by our fellow man,
we complain, and strike back.

Heal us Lord,
and give us strength to offer you
our hurts and sadnesses,
to offer you the pain of being corrected,
rather rightly or not.

If it is our job to correct,
help us learn to do it in ways that heal,
not hurt,

And whatever we do in your name,
may we always do it for your glory,
without hate, anger,
or the taint of self-righteousness.

May we learn to be quiet
in our longing and respect for you,
rather than speak words
that would drive any away from you,
or harm those who love you.

And when we speak,
may it always be guided by the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

 

Yes, this is true.

For example, among the Essene community at Qumran, we have discovered Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sirach or Ecclesiasticus in 1952 at Cave 2 & in 1963 at Cave 4.

 

What would be some of the implications.

Of a separate, yet vaguely applicable sense, I saw something of interest recently in the Baptist only section of the board here. If I remember correctly it was about a particular Septuagint text being proven by the Dead Sea scrolls to be more accurate than the older Hebrew Masoretic text generally accepted by English translators.

Let me see if I can reference the thread:
http://www.baptistboard.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=001038;p=1#000004

Hope it works.

 

Sorry, the above post should have noted the Dead Sea Scroll fragment as being older than the Masoretic text generally accepted by English translators.