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The consensus of modern scholars is that the New Testament was written in Greek and that an Aramaic source text was used for portions of the New Testament, especially the gospels.

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Modern scholars generally agree that the New Testament was written in Greek and that some of it, particularly the gospels, was based on an Aramaic source text. They accept that many of the specific sayings of Jesus that are recorded in the Greek Gospels may be translations from the so-called "Q source" of Aramaic, but they maintain that the Greek text of the Gospels and other New Testament works was originally produced.

What is the Greek New Testament called?

The Septuagint, sometimes known as LXX, is a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible... Since Greek was the primary language of the early Christian church, many of the early Christians turned to the Septuagint to find the prophesies they believed Christ had fulfilled.

Why was the Old Testament translated into Greek from Hebrew?

The Old Testament was likely translated into Greek in the third century BCE as a result of the growing importance of educated, Greek-speaking Jews in Egypt. A fabled letter written by a certain Aristae's to his friend Philocrats details the history of the translation endeavor.

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