medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marjorie Greene wrote:
>
> Brenda's posting reminds me of a question provoked by all this name
> discussion.
> Is "Peter/Petrus" not a fiction occasioned by the Vulgate? What I
> mean is this: Jesus spoke Aramaic as Mel Gibson et al inform us.
> Would He have used "Petrus" or the Aramaic word for "rock"? I realize
> this is beyond (or before) the scope of our list but beg the
> indulgence of all. And forgive me, Paleo-Christianity specialists,
> for what is probably a naive query.
What the hoo-hah over Mel Gibson's film reminded us was that Greek was very
widely spoken in the Eastern Empire; particularly, of course, by the Romans.
The film would probably have been much more realistic if it had been in
Greek.
John Briggs
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