What does ‘Hebrew Matthew’ mean in the Passion ‘Translation’? Part 1: is it Shem-Tob?
One of the strangest features of the so-called ‘Passion Translation’ are the references in the endnotes (2014) or footnotes (2020) to ‘the Hebrew…
Matthew 5.4 in the Passion ‘Translation’: a shocking obliteration of the Lord Jesus’s teaching.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. [Matthew 5:4, NASB 1995] μακάριοι οἱ πενθοῦντες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ παρακληθήσονται.[NA 28] What comfort…
The Passion [Anti-]Translation: was Brian Simmons really translating from the Syriac Peshitta?
Brian Simmons, along with BroadStreet Publishing, claimed in early editions of the so-called ‘Passion Translation bible’, that he had ‘translated directly’ from the…
Brian Simmons and his ‘Passion Translation’: what text is Victor Alexander translating from? (part 1)
I have shown in previous posts (here and here) Brian Simmons’ heavy dependence on Victor Alexander’s ‘Aramaic Bible’. When Simmons claims to be…
Is Brian Simmons of the ‘Passion Translation’ telling the truth?
In The Passion Translation of sections of the New Testament, Brian Simmons frequently claims in footnotes to have translated from the Aramaic text….