Which language was the first bible written in?
Hello, Now: The O.T. was written mostly in Hebrew, some parts in Aramaic. The N.T. was written in Aramaic and Greek. Paul wrote Hebrews in their language, probably Aramaic, and Dr. Luke translated it into Greek, the international language. Matthew was a Jew, so wrote in Aramaic, as the disciples did. Paul wrote to the Gentiles, so the Epistles were written in Greek. John the revelator was a fishermen, so would not have spoken Greek–you will recall how astounded the Romans were that Paul spoke in Greek–it just wasn’t used by the uneducated–again, Aramaic was their language. The Syrian Aramaic translation was corrupted in Constantine’s time as the “Syriac” was altered to add some verses the Greek versions had. Aramaic was thought to be a forgotten language. Then… During WW I, when the the British conquered the Middle East, they discovered some Christians isolated in Muslim Kurdishia. They had used the Aramaic Bible for centuries, and it was not perverted like the Syriac. Aramaic was
JC never wrote anything. The earliest records show Hebrew as the first language. The book was NEVER written like a book as we understand a book. It was many tribal stories compiled. The only thing that makes it a book is it has ONE cover, but it was never more than stories and beliefs and folktales of an ancient civilization. Most of the stories were then revamped into what we have today. Consonants were used – there were NO commas, spaces, paragraphs or otherwise, just a mess of symbols written from right to left that took deciphering and missed meanings by many a story teller.
