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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'CID Font+ F 2', 'CID Font+ F', serif; font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Howard&rsquo;s Unsubstantiated Claims</strong> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'CID Font+ F 2', 'CID Font+ F', serif; font-size: 18pt;">[From Standford Rives, The Original Gospel of Matthew (2014)]</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">Professor George Howard, a leading translator of the Shem-Tob, tries to find significant differences in the Shem-Tob Hebrew Matthew and our Greek Matthew. These asser</span><span style="font-family: serif;">tions have caused others to rely upon his claims without examining whether these assertions are true or mere specula</span><span style="font-family: serif;">tion.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">For example, Howard claims that the Hebrew Mat</span><span style="font-family: serif;">thew never claims Jesus is Messiah (&ldquo;never equated with Jesus.&rdquo;) (Howard,&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="font-family: serif;">The Hebrew Matthew</span><span style="font-family: serif;">,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">supra</span></strong><span style="font-family: serif;">, at 212.) Yet, this is incorrect. To do this, Howard makes much of the fact the Greek Matthew has five times the word&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">Christ&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">used with Jesus&rsquo; name, but this is missing in the Hebrew. (Matt. 1:1, 1:17, 1:18, 11:2 and 16:21). Yet, the label&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">Christ&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">each time is itself likely an addition by the Greek translator of the word &ldquo;Christ&rdquo; to the original. No one can draw reliable conclusions that the mention of Jesus without adding &ldquo;Christ&rdquo; in the Hebrew version implied anything about a disbelief in Jesus as Messiah.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">Moreover, the Shem-Tob includes the clear assertion that Jesus is Messiah in Matthew 16:16. This is Peter&rsquo;s decla</span><span style="font-family: serif;">ration that Jesus is Messiah. Howard acknowledges this, but then claims it was &ldquo;clearly&rdquo; an addition. (</span><span style="font-family: serif;"><strong>Id.</strong>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">at 218.) He cites as proof his own page 183. When you go there, you find spec</span><span style="font-family: serif;">ulation of how Shaprut&rsquo;s comments on the Shem-Tob should be interpreted to imply an original text missing Peter&rsquo;s con</span><span style="font-family: serif;">fession that Jesus was Messiah. No substantial proof is offered.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 30px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">Howard&rsquo;s claim that Shem-Tob &ldquo;never equated [Mes</span><span style="font-family: serif;">siah] with Jesus&rdquo; clearly runs also afoul of many other pas</span><span style="font-family: serif;">sages in the Shem-Tob. Specifically, the Shem-Tob contains</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 18pt;">FOOTNOTE 55.For further discussion, see William Horbury, &ldquo;The Hebrew Text of</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 16px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">Matthew in Shem Tob ibn Sharput&rsquo;s&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">Eben Bohan</span><span style="font-family: serif;">,&rsquo;&rdquo;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">A Critical and</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 16px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to St. Matthew&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">(W.D.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 16px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 18pt;">Davies &amp; D.C. Allison)(Edinburgh, 1997) Vol. III at 729-38;</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 16px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">W.L.Petersen, &ldquo;The Vorlage of Shem-Tob&rsquo;s &lsquo;Hebrew Matthew,&rsquo;&rdquo;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">NTS</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 16px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 18pt;">(1998) Vol. 44 at 490-512.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 18pt;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 17px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">the account that John through his disciples asks Jesus whether He is Messiah, and Jesus responds positively&mdash;telling John&rsquo;s disciples to see the lame walking, etc. (Matt 11:1-5.) The Davidic genealogy and the account of the Bethlehem birth</span><span style="font-family: serif;">place are further proofs the Shem-Tob Matthew endorses Jesus as the promised Messiah.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'CID Font+ F 2', 'CID Font+ F', serif;">Messianic References In Shem-Tob</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 34px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 18pt;">In fact, let&rsquo;s review the overwhelming proof that Shem-Tob (&ldquo;S-T&rdquo;) affirms Jesus is Messiah even if you ignored Matthew 16:16.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">First, numerous Messianic prophecies are cited in the Shem-Tob Hebrew Matthew as in the Greek Matthew, but there are many other clear references. For example, John the Baptist tells Jesus he should be baptized by Jesus, obviously because Jesus was on a higher level. (Matt 3:14 S-T.) Jesus is the light to shine to the Gentiles. (Matt 4:16 S-T.) Jesus is &ldquo;worshipped&rdquo; or &ldquo;given obeisance&rdquo; worthy of a King-Messiah without comment. (Matt 8:2 S-T.) John the Baptist&rsquo;s fol</span><span style="font-family: serif;">lowers ask if Jesus is the Christ, to which Jesus gives an implicit affirmative, citing the blind see, the lame walk, etc. (Matt. 11:1-5 S-T.) The Son of God is not merely akin to us. He alone knows the Father. (Matt 11:22 S-T.) And a unique variant of the Shem-Tob gives Jesus a divine omniscience, saying &ldquo;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">Jesus knows everything in regard to any matter done</span><span style="font-family: serif;">....&rdquo; (Matt. 26:10 S-T.) And on and on it goes.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">See also&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">Matt 21:9 S-T (&ldquo;savior of the world&rdquo;); Matt 23:10 S-T (&ldquo;one is your Rabbi,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">Messiah</span><span style="font-family: serif;">.&rdquo;)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 90px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">Howard&rsquo;s reason for not acknowledging the pervasive appearance in the Shem-Tob of a Messianic identification is unclear. Regardless, his conclusion that the Shem-Tob does not endorse Jesus as Messiah is unsustainable. This affirma</span><span style="font-family: serif;">tion appears repeatedly in the Shem-Tob.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'CID Font+ F 2', 'CID Font+ F', serif; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;">Higher Position of Christ In Shem-Tob</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 18pt;">In fact, in two respects the Shem-Tob elevates Jesus&rsquo; nature over that presented in the Greek version.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">First, in the Greek Matthew 24:36, it says that the time of the tribulation no one knows, &ldquo;neither the Son,&rdquo; but only the Father. (Matt. 24:36 NIV, etc.) If Jesus is divinely in</span><span style="font-family: serif;">dwelled by the Father (as Jesus claimed in John 14:10-11), how can He not also know the time? As a result, critics who do not believe Jesus was truly indwelled by the Father, as He claimed, cite 24:36 to prove Jesus was not divinely</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">indwelled.</span><span style="font-family: serif;"><sup>56&nbsp;</sup></span><span style="font-family: serif;">While most reply the Father restricted this knowledge from the Son (which is plausible), the knock on Jesus&rsquo; own knowledge is not present in the Shem-Tob.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 36px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 18pt;">Instead, in the Hebrew Matthew of Shem-Tob, it says &ldquo;there is none who knows, not even the angels, but the Father only.&rdquo; Jesus does not exclude himself (indwelled by the Father) from knowing in the Hebrew Matthew. Because in John&rsquo;s Gospel, Jesus says the Father in-dwells Jesus, such intimacy would seemingly impart naturally such knowledge.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 16px; text-indent: -15px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">56.This &ldquo;neither the Son&rdquo; was unconvincingly explained by Chrysostum, Jerome, Augustine, Gregory the Great and Bengel as Jesus intention</span><span style="font-family: serif;">ally suppressing his knowledge within the Trinity. (Frederick Dale Bruner,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">Matthew: The Churchbook, Matthew 13-28&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">(Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004) at 522.) Many opt today instead to say this &ldquo;neither the Son&rdquo; in the Greek tradition proves Jesus&rsquo; human nature did not dis</span><span style="font-family: serif;">appear by God-the-Father&rsquo;s indwelling him. (Bruner,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">id.</span><span style="font-family: serif;">) Yet, it does not fit the fact that the Father indwelled Him.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 16px; text-indent: -15px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">Second, there is another fact to consider: Mark 13:32 says &ldquo;neither the Son&rdquo; and it has no Greek variants that omit it. What does this signify? That the &ldquo;neither the son&rdquo; in the Greek Matthew was more likely added to conform Matthew to Mark. This is because if one thought for theo</span><span style="font-family: serif;">logical reasons &lsquo;neither the son&rsquo; is deleted deliberately from some Greek Matthews, then why was this not likewise deleted in Mark? Hence, it is more likely that the Hebrew Matthew lacked &lsquo;neither the son,&rsquo; but gradually the Greek Matthew was modified to read more like Mark. Hence, &lsquo;neither the son&rsquo; is not original to Matthew, and was introduced via the influence of Mark 13:32. See J. Ed Komoszewski,</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 4px 14px 16px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">M.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">James Sawyer,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">(Kregel Publications, 2006) at 111-12. Hence, this comparison to Mark supports the view once more that the Shem-Tob Hebrew Matthew reflects the more likely original of this verse</span>.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 18pt;">See John 14:10-11. Thus, the Hebrew version of Shem-Tob has a text more open to Jesus being indwelled fully by God-the-Father than does the Greek text, in conformity with Jesus&rsquo; own depiction of the Father as indwelling Himself.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: serif;">A similarly troublesome verse in the Greek is Mat</span><span style="font-family: serif;">thew 19:17 (KJV): &ldquo;Why callest me good? There is none good but one, that is God.&rdquo; This implies Jesus says it is&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">wrong to call him good</span><span style="font-family: serif;">. God is alone good. However, the Hebrew Matthew of Shem-Tob has it: &ldquo;Why do you ask about good? No man is good because God alone is good.&rdquo; Jesus does not exclude himself in the Hebrew Matthew from being called&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: serif;">good</span><span style="font-family: serif;">. Yet, in the Greek Matthew, Jesus denies being good at all. &ldquo;Why call me</span><span style="font-family: serif;"></span><span style="font-family: serif;">good?&rdquo;</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 17px; text-indent: 48px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 18pt;">Thus, we see our Greek Matthew has two passages that seriously undermine Jesus&rsquo; divinity as He explained it, but the Hebrew Matthew of Shem-Tob lacks these problems.</span></p>
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