Randall Buth is director of the Biblical Language Center and chairman of the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research, Israel. From 1977 to 1996 he lived in Africa and served as a translator and translation consultant with Wycliffe Bible Translators, and as a translation consultant with the United Bible Societies. Buth is the author of Living Biblical Hebrew and Living Koine Greek.R. Steven Notley is Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the New York City Campus of Nyack College. He has published many books and articles, including with Anson F. Rainey, The Sacred Bridge: Carta's Atlas of the Biblical World (Carta 2005), with David Flusser, The Sage from Galilee (Eerdmans, 2007), with Ze'ev Safrai, Parables of the Sages (Carta, 2011).

"[The] collective aim of the authors, to more thoroughly document Hebrew as a living language alongside Aramaic in Second Temple Palestine, has clearly succeeded. [...] This collection of essays should be on the reference shelf and within easy reach of all serious students of the gospels who attempt to encounter the linguistic landscape of first-century Palestine." – Steven Thompson, Avondale College of Higher Education, Cooranbong, Australia, in: RBL 05/2016

• Introduction: Language Issues Are Important for Gospel Studies Sociolinguistic Issues In a Trilingual Framework1. Guido Baltes, “The Origins of the “Exclusive Aramaic Model.”2. Guido Baltes, “The Use of Hebrew and Aramaic.” 3. Randall Buth and Chad T. Pierce, “Hebraisti” 4. Marc Turnage, “The Linguistic Ethos of Galilee”5. Serge Ruzer, “Syriac Authors”Literary Issues In a Trilingual Framework6. Daniel A. Machiela, “Hebrew, Aramaic Translation” 7. Randall Buth, “Distinguishing Hebrew from Aramaic.”8. R. Steven Notley, “Non-LXXisms”Reading Gospel Texts in a Trilingual Framework9. R. Steven Notley and Jeffrey P. Garcia “Hebrew-Only Exegesis”10. David N. Bivin, “Petros, Petra”11. Randall Buth, “The Riddle”

Randall Buth is director of the Biblical Language Center and chairman of the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research, Israel. From 1977 to 1996 he lived in Africa and served as a translator and translation consultant with Wycliffe Bible Translators, and as a translation consultant with the United Bible Societies. Buth is the author of Living Biblical Hebrew and Living Koine Greek.R. Steven Notley is Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the New York City Campus of Nyack College. He has published many books and articles, including with Anson F. Rainey, The Sacred Bridge: Carta's Atlas of the Biblical World (Carta 2005), with David Flusser, The Sage from Galilee (Eerdmans, 2007), with Ze'ev Safrai, Parables of the Sages (Carta, 2011).

"[The] collective aim of the authors, to more thoroughly document Hebrew as a living language alongside Aramaic in Second Temple Palestine, has clearly succeeded. [...] This collection of essays should be on the reference shelf and within easy reach of all serious students of the gospels who attempt to encounter the linguistic landscape of first-century Palestine." – Steven Thompson, Avondale College of Higher Education, Cooranbong, Australia, in: RBL 05/2016

• Introduction: Language Issues Are Important for Gospel Studies Sociolinguistic Issues In a Trilingual Framework1. Guido Baltes, “The Origins of the “Exclusive Aramaic Model.”2. Guido Baltes, “The Use of Hebrew and Aramaic.” 3. Randall Buth and Chad T. Pierce, “Hebraisti” 4. Marc Turnage, “The Linguistic Ethos of Galilee”5. Serge Ruzer, “Syriac Authors”Literary Issues In a Trilingual Framework6. Daniel A. Machiela, “Hebrew, Aramaic Translation” 7. Randall Buth, “Distinguishing Hebrew from Aramaic.”8. R. Steven Notley, “Non-LXXisms”Reading Gospel Texts in a Trilingual Framework9. R. Steven Notley and Jeffrey P. Garcia “Hebrew-Only Exegesis”10. David N. Bivin, “Petros, Petra”11. Randall Buth, “The Riddle”

Randall Buth is director of the Biblical Language Center and chairman of the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research, Israel. From 1977 to 1996 he lived in Africa and served as a translator and translation consultant with Wycliffe Bible Translators, and as a translation consultant with the United Bible Societies. Buth is the author of Living Biblical Hebrew and Living Koine Greek.R. Steven Notley is Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the New York City Campus of Nyack College. He has published many books and articles, including with Anson F. Rainey, The Sacred Bridge: Carta's Atlas of the Biblical World (Carta 2005), with David Flusser, The Sage from Galilee (Eerdmans, 2007), with Ze'ev Safrai, Parables of the Sages (Carta, 2011).

"[The] collective aim of the authors, to more thoroughly document Hebrew as a living language alongside Aramaic in Second Temple Palestine, has clearly succeeded. [...] This collection of essays should be on the reference shelf and within easy reach of all serious students of the gospels who attempt to encounter the linguistic landscape of first-century Palestine." – Steven Thompson, Avondale College of Higher Education, Cooranbong, Australia, in: RBL 05/2016

• Introduction: Language Issues Are Important for Gospel Studies Sociolinguistic Issues In a Trilingual Framework1. Guido Baltes, “The Origins of the “Exclusive Aramaic Model.”2. Guido Baltes, “The Use of Hebrew and Aramaic.” 3. Randall Buth and Chad T. Pierce, “Hebraisti” 4. Marc Turnage, “The Linguistic Ethos of Galilee”5. Serge Ruzer, “Syriac Authors”Literary Issues In a Trilingual Framework6. Daniel A. Machiela, “Hebrew, Aramaic Translation” 7. Randall Buth, “Distinguishing Hebrew from Aramaic.”8. R. Steven Notley, “Non-LXXisms”Reading Gospel Texts in a Trilingual Framework9. R. Steven Notley and Jeffrey P. Garcia “Hebrew-Only Exegesis”10. David N. Bivin, “Petros, Petra”11. Randall Buth, “The Riddle”