Matthew 1:1 (Hebrew)

[childofdust]

Thought it would be fun to throw this together in tandem with the Matthew 1:1 (Greek) thread.

Like that one, this thread is a verse-by-verse translation of Matthew. However, the text used is a Hebrew manuscript confiscated from Jews in the early 16th Century called DuTillet. I chose it mainly because it does not appear to be a polemic against the gospel like others and because it appears to be copied from ancient sources. You can find out more about it here: Hebrew Matthew Project.

I'm not sure how far I'll take it, but I plan to at least get the first chapter down. I'll include a few notes as well.

 

[childofdust]

Hebrew transcription of manuscript by Hegg, available here: http://www.torahresource.com/DuTillet/DuTilletWorkingFile_2Col.pdf

אלה תולדות ישו בן דוד בן אברהם

1:1 These [are] the ancestors of Yeshu, son of David, son of Abraham.

(1) The name Yeshua has no Ayin, so I followed the spelling.
(2) The name David is defectiva. This is curious because, at least in terms of biblical texts, all later scrolls like Ezra-Nehemiah use plene, but earlier texts like Samuel use defectiva. Dead Sea Scrolls also use plene for David--like 1QIsaA and 4QSamA.

 

[Radagast]

Thought it would be fun to throw this together in tandem with the Matthew 1:1 (Greek) thread.

If you're going to use a translation from the Greek, why not an English translation?

 

[childofdust]

I'm doing this translation myself from the Hebrew, not the Greek. The manuscript is not based on the Greek (as will become evident).

 

[Radagast]

I'm doing this translation myself from the Hebrew, not the Greek. The manuscript is not based on the Greek (as will become evident).

Of course the manuscript is based on the Greek (probably via Latin, given the Latinisms in the text). There are no ancient Hebrew versions of Matthew.

And I note that, already in the first verse, the manuscript shows its anti-Christian bias by changing "Jesus Christ" to "Jesus."

 

[childofdust]

The evidence directly from this manuscript is evidence enough of your errant claim of Greek dependence. And the witness of the church fathers (Papias, Irenaeus, Origen, and others) are witness enough of your errant claim against any ancient Hebrew version of Matthew. But I'm sure you could care less about evidence.

And I note that, already in the first verse, the manuscript shows its anti-Christian bias by changing "Jesus Christ" to "Jesus."

If that is an "anti-Christian" bias, then it baffles me why it would include other things later on that are exactly opposed to what you say (even in this very chapter). Perhaps you think the writer decided only to be anti-Christian at this one point and then changed his mind entirely with the rest of the text.

At any rate, what is a "change" in a text is determined by Textual Criticism, not tendentiously biased prejudice against a manuscript one has never examined. If something has dropped out at this point, it may be reflected by the fact that an Ayin has unnaturally dropped out in the name of Yeshua.

 

[childofdust]

אברהם הוליד את יצחק יצחק הוליד את יעקב יעקב הוליד את יהודה ואחיו

1:2 Abraham fathered Yitschaq.
Yitschaq fathered Ya'acob.
Ya'acob fathered Yehudah and his brothers.

[1] hopefully my phonetic spellings don't mess with people. I'll include notes about names that are different from the Greek or entirely absent in the Greek when I come to them.

 

[Timothew]

Thought it would be fun to throw this together in tandem with the Matthew 1:1 (Greek) thread.

Like that one, this thread is a verse-by-verse translation of Matthew. However, the text used is a Hebrew manuscript confiscated from Jews in the early 16th Century called DuTillet. I chose it mainly because it does not appear to be a polemic against the gospel like others and because it appears to be copied from ancient sources. You can find out more about it here: Hebrew Matthew Project.

I'm not sure how far I'll take it, but I plan to at least get the first chapter down. I'll include a few notes as well.

Cool! Subscribing, but I don't know any Hebrew at all. (Menorah?)

 

[Timothew]

I wanted to learn Hebrew in college but it was greek to me!

See what I did there! ahem.

 

[childofdust]

יהודה הוליד את פרץ וזרח מתמר פרץ הוליד את חצרון חצרון הוליד את רם

1:3 Yehudah fathered Perets and Zarach from Tamar.
Perets fathered Hetsrone.
Hetsrone fathered Ram.

 

[Radagast]

The evidence directly from this manuscript is evidence enough of your errant claim of Greek dependence.

This is a medieval manuscript, one of the Rabbinical translations of Matthew, more than 1,400 years after the oldest Greek manuscripts. It's obviously derived from the Greek (possibly via Latin).

The DuTillet manuscript also includes anti-Christian polemic; it is widely recognised by scholars as an anti-Christian work. See, for example, Pinchas E. Lapide, Hebrew in the Church: The Foundations of Jewish-Christian Dialogue (1984). I'm not sure why you insist on using it (although the website you refer to has an obvious agenda).

And the witness of the church fathers (Papias, Irenaeus, Origen, and others) are witness enough of your errant claim against any ancient Hebrew version of Matthew.

The church fathers suggest an original Hebrew Sayings of Our Lord by Matthew -- now lost, but often identified with Q. That's not quite the same as a Hebrew version of The Gospel According to Matthew.

 

[childofdust]

No need to thank me for providing this translation of a manuscript that challenges your perceptions and prejudices. You are more than welcome to keep reading and learning.

 

[childofdust]

ורם הוליד את עמינדב עמינדב הוליד את נחשון נחשון הוליד את שלמון

1:4 Then Ram fathered Amminadab.
Amminadab fathered Nachshone.
Nachshone fathered Salmone.

(1) The last name in this verse actually has two alternate spellings in Lenningrad. This follows the spelling Salmone. The other spelling (Salmah) occurs in Ruth 4:20.

 

[childofdust]

שלמון הוליד את בועז מרחב בועז הוליד את עובד מרות ועובד הוליד את ישי

1:5 Salmone fathered Boaz from Rachab.
Boaz fathered Obade from Ruth.
And Obade fathered Yishay.

 

[childofdust]

ישי הוליד את דוד המלך ודוד הוליד את שלמה מאשת אוריה

1:6 Yishay fathered King David.
And David fathered Shlomoh from Uriyah's wife.

ושלמה הוליד את רחבעם רחבעם הוליד את אבים ואבים הוליד את אסא

1:7 Then Shlomoh fathered R'chabam.
R'chabam fathered Abiyam.
And Abiyam fathered Asa.

(1) Abiyam - This manuscript follows the spelling from Kings instead of Chronicles (Abiyah). The Greek follows the spelling from Chronicles.
(2) Asa - The Greek reads Asaph.

 

[childofdust]

ואסא הוליד את יהושפט יהושפט הוליד את יהורם יהורם הוליד את עזיהו

1:8 Then Asa fathered Y'hoshaphat.
Y'hoshaphat fathered Y'horam.
Y'horam fathered Uzziyahu.

עזיהו הוליד את יותם יותם הוליד את אחז אחז הוליד את חזקיהו

1:9 Uzziyahu fathered Yotham.
Yotham fathered Achaz.
Achaz fathered Hizqiyahu.

 

[childofdust]

חזקיהו הוליד את מנשה מנשה הוליד את אמון אמון הוליד את יאשיהו

1:10 Hizqiyahu fathered M'nasheh.
M'nasheh fathered Amone.
Amone fathered Yoshiyahu.

(1) Amone is Amos in the Greek.

יאשיהו הוליד את יכניה ואחיו בגלות בבל

1:11 Yoshiyahu fathered Y'canyah and his brothers in the exile of Babel.

 

[childofdust]

יכניה הוליד שאלתיאל שאלתיאל הוליד את זרובבל

1:12 Y'canyah fathered Sh'altiale.
Sh'altiale fathered Z'rubbabel.

זרובבל הוליד את אביהוד אביהוד הוליד את אבנר אבנר הוליד את אליקים אליקים הוליד את עזור

1:13 Z'rubbabel fathered Abihud.
Abihud fathered Abnayr.
Abnayr fathered Elyaqim.
Elyaqim fathered Azzur.

(1) The NT says Abiud fathered Eliakim. The genealogical line with Abnayr doesn't exist in the Greek.

 

[childofdust]

עזור הוליד את צדוק צדוק הוליד את אמנן ואמנן הוליד את אליהוד

1:14 Azzur fathered Tsadoqe.
Tsadoqe fathered Amnone.
Amnone fathered Ely'hude.

(1) Amnone. In the Greek, this name is spelled very differently: Achim (Αχιμ). Is this a different person or the same person with a different name?

 

[childofdust]

אליהוד הוליד את אלעזר אלעזר הוליד מתן מתן הוליד את יעקב

1:15 Ely'hude fathered Elazar.
Elazar fathered Mattan.
Mattan fathered Ya'acob.