Étude 1 sur 2 · Dans quelle langue, Jésus, s'exprimait-il ?

  1. Étude 1 : Dans quelle langue, Jésus, s'exprimait-il ?
  2. Étude 2 : Jésus et les idiomes de son époque

Contradictions

  • CTD043 In which language did Jesus speak?

    Article CTD043 addresses the alleged contradiction between Matthew (“Eli, Eli…”) and Mark (“Eloï, Eloï…”) regarding Jesus’ cry on the cross. Linguistic analysis shows that Jesus spoke Aramaic (as evidenced by “sabachthani” in both texts) and that the difference between “Eli” (the Hebrew form) and “Eloï” (the Aramaic form) simply reflects each evangelist’s adaptation to his readership. There is no contradiction.

    Matthew 1.1 (King James Version) :
    The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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Historical notes

  • INF005 Jesus and the Idioms of His Time

    Cet article analyse les principales langues utilisées par Jésus et ses contemporains en Palestine : l'araméen, langue quotidienne du peuple, l'hébreu, langue liturgique des synagogues, et le grec koinè, langue de l'administration romaine et des échanges culturels. Des exemples néotestamentaires illustrent chaque usage linguistique, révélant la richesse du contexte multiculturel du premier siècle.

    Luke 4.16-21 (King James Version) :
    And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
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    Level: Intermediate Level: Intermediate