Hebrew Gospel of MATTHEW by George Howard - Part One

xivHebrew Gospelgives only a sampling of variation that occurs in the manuscript tradition as awhole.The TranslationThe translation attempts to be faithful to the Hebrew without being awkwardor wooden. The rough style of the Hebrew, however, is often reflected by theEnglish. Occasionally its sense is unclear (15:5; 16:21; 17:3) because the Hebrewis unclear. Proper names are usually given their common English spellings exceptwhere a different pronunciation is distinctly indicated by the Hebrew. In someinstances, a variant reading has been translated rather than the printed text. Thisoccurs where it is necessary for the sense ofthe text. These renderings are placedwithin parentheses. In many instances the printed text is translated, in spite ofdifficulties, in order to preserve a disparitybetween the Hebrew and the Greek.In no sense is the translation a thoroughgoing eclectic rendering of the manuscripttradition.Part OneText and TranslationAbbreviations and Notations() 1. Notes an occasional reading in the Hebrew text supplied from anothermanuscript because of a lacuna.2. Notes a variant reading in the translation where the variant is asubstitution or an addition.[] Notes an editorial addition in the translation.