none rhyme in Greek or any other language and yet all rhyme in Aramaic.*
OK, despite all of the other looney things that he says, this is the worst. It demonstrates beyond a shadow of a doubt that he's not operating in the same universe as the text.
My god, he might as well have told you that his head was a peanut and you'd be pasting it on websites just because he says that it's against church teaching.
Have some respect for yourself. Jeez.
Following is an example of what Alexander is referring to, from a source unrelated to his:
As we saw in the lesson Which Came First - Aramaic or Greek?, one of the hallmarks of an original language text is that puns and poetry occur naturally, and even frequently in good writing. In a translation, however, puns and similar plays on words are generally lost. When faced with two languages which both claim to be original, this is a great way to work out which is the original and which is a translation.
If we apply this to the Aramaic Pe****ta and the Greek New Testament, we find that the Aramaic Pe****ta has a super-abundance of poetry, puns, and plays on words. So many, in fact, that this is almost a feature of the Aramaic Pe****ta. Just as the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) contains frequent puns and words rhyme and so on, this also happens with the Aramaic Pe****ta. This is powerful evidence of Aramaic Primacy rather than Greek Primacy.
Let's look at an example from the following well-known verse in Matthew 11:17:
Matthew 11:17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. (KJV)
In the Aramaic Pe****ta, the verse looks like this:
http://www.allthingsaramaic.com/_files/image/aramaic-pe****ta-matt11v17.gif
(We have used the Hebrew/Aramaic Square Script for convenience).
Now, in this simple verse there is a lovely play on words
which is completely missed in all English translations, the Greek and Latin New Testaments. The Aramaic verbs translated danced and lamented are shown in red in the above verse from the Aramaic Pe****ta. They are actually the same root, but different forms of the verb. In the Pael form of the verb in Aramaic, it means to dance, but in the Aphel form of the Aramaic verb, it means to mourn.
This word play is only possible in Aramaic. Greek uses completely different words. The pun would not be possible in Hebrew, which uses different words. (The verb rakad in Hebrew does mean to dance, but there is no equivalent form in Hebrew meaning to mourn).
In the Aramaic Pe****ta, the two forms of the verb even sound alike - rakedetoon and arkedetoon. It is a delightful word play, but only present in Aramaic. There is also balance and harmony between the two halves of the verse. The two halves rhyme very easily. Each half contains four very short words, with the long word being the one that has the clever pun. It sounds very poetical in Aramaic.
At this point, we ask a familiar question again. Which Came First - Aramaic or Greek? A reasonable person would surely have to conclude that puns and poetry such as this are evidence of an original text. The Aramaic Pe****ta contains many similar examples, just like the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). You would expect a translation not to have puns like this, because you can't really translate poetry and plays on words. That is why you miss so much in an English translation, just as you miss a lot in a Greek translation.
Those who believe that the Greek New Testament was translated from the Aramaic Pe****ta, and not the other way round, can produce many, many examples similar to this. Whole books have been written about this very subject. This is why Aramaic Primacy is such a convincing and satisfying position. These examples are similar to those in the Tanakh. Just as there are abundant Treasures in the Tanakh, there are also abundant Pearls in the Pe****ta.
http://www.allthingsaramaic.com/pe****ta-danced-mourned.php
