Shem Tov or Shem Tob Matthew--The Hebrew Matthew

[carl37]

Again, I never said that I supported the newer list of scholars who implied that Matthew was written in Hebrew. I just listed them as some reference in addition to the early church fathers. I do tend to believe the early church fathers that were living in a closer proximity to that time period would have knowledge to whether a Hebrew Matthew existed than we do some 1700 years removed. Just because some of these people do not believe that Yehushua was messiah doesn't mean that Yehushua isn't messiah. It also doesn't mean that the research into whether there was a Hebrew Matthew or New Testament Hebrew texts that they did is void. It just means that they don't believe Yehushua is the messiah and they alone will have to answer to the Almighty. Diophantus of Alexandria is said to have been the father of Algebra and some say that Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī should be included. If neither of these believed in messiah does that mean Algebra is meaningless and void? Certainly not.