On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 2:05 PM, MO wrote:

Yada,

Thank VERY much for responding. Very well, I believe you. I will contact this guys and see what they have to say.

A year and a half ago I begun translating English/Spanish the book "The History of the Sabbath" by JN Andrews which I have finished and will be on the internet probably next week.

I have already begun translating your Yada Yahweh English/Spanish. You know, I have looked for the TRUTH for so many years, I am not going to stop.

Please forgive me for being nearly rude, but I find people in high places are so strange, they just don't think on the rest of the world (speaking other languages apart from English) having to stick to that kind of "RUBISH" as you call it. I will be sending every chapter I finish: right now I attach the first few pages I have translated (I begun yesterday). These is just a draft.

MO

M.

It's not about believing anyone. I'm not an expert in Aramaic and I'm not worthy of your trust. I'm no different than you are. I'm unqualified but curious. I've invested the time and have shared what I learned--that's all.

Because I was interested in the claims you have referenced, on two occasions I invested some time looking for old Aramaic manuscripts. If they existed, and if these fellows were accurately translating them, I would have used them as an additional source of information. But, I was unable to find anything older than the fifth century. In fact in my most recent scan of sites I was horrified by what I read. Most everyone is conveying misinformation regarding the status of the earliest RC MSS.

If my memory serves me the fellows you are referencing used textual similarities and entomologies to derive their conclusions, but not old manuscripts. If I'm wrong, let me know. And since Aramaic is more similar to Hebrew than Greek, and since Yahushua spoke Aramaic, as did His audience, the work they are doing has merit.

My only point is that without a similar stash of seventy first through third century MSS, their primacy argument is speculative. But more importantly, without earlier witnesses to an Aramaic text, even if their claim were true, it wouldn't matter. Over the course of 400 years, especially with religious influence, there is almost no chance a manuscript remained consistent.

My feeling is that some of the autographs may have been written in Hebrew as well. But since we don't have an extant MSS in Hebrew, even if I'm right there is no benefit to knowing this.

Also, keep in mind that Yahushua's answer to most ever question was: the answer is in the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms. That is to say, we aren't reliant on the Greek manuscripts or on the Renewed Covenant writings. They are helpful to be sure, but they were never intended to be the source of our salvation or understanding.

I'd love for Spanish speaking people to be able to read the insights presented in Yada Yahweh. We appreciate you doing this. As you make progress, we'll post your results. I see most English translations as rubbish so I wouldn't be surprised if they are equally flawed in other languages.

I know just enough Spanish from my high school days a zillion years ago to see that the thoughts are conveyed in broad strokes. Well done. Our webmaster is much better acquainted with Spanish than I am so I'm sure he'll enjoy it even more.

My only claim to being a "person in a high place" is that Yahuweh has taken a fallen and flawed person there. There is no Yada Yahweh staff, hierarchy, office, or organization. It's me, a retired friend who is currently devoted to the Owner's Manual, and the very significant part time contributions of my friend and webmaster and my friend and forum moderator. So you've got a couple of retired guys and a couple of part timers. It's not much to brag about.

Yada