Endnote 8 – Was The Gospel of Matthew Originally Written In Hebrew?

Johann Albert Widmanstadt, Liber Sacrosancti Evangelii De Jesu Christo Domino & Deo Nostro … characteribus & linqua Syra, Jesu Christo vernacula, Divino ipsius ore consecrata & a Joh. Evangelista Hebraica dicta, Scriptorio Prelo diligenter Expressa (Vienna: M. Cymbermann, 1555). This reference was taken from Jean Carmignac, “Hebrew Translation of the Lord’s Prayer: An Historical Survey,” in Biblical and Near Eastern Studies. Essays in Honor of William Sanford LaSor, ed. Gary A. Tuttle (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1978), p. 71, note 5.