Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: John O
Hebrew was the liturgical language.. it was rarely spoken. Aramaic was the language of ALL the common people of the region. You may note Jesus spoke to the common people. That's one of the things that got him into trouble with the high Jewish muckity mucks.

You probably need to do a little research. You are completely wrong.

There was a "Palestine" according to the Greek scholar Herodotus who wrote Book 3 Thalia in 500 BC.

252 posted on 11/30/2001 7:10:28 AM PST by Patria One
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 241 | View Replies ]


To: Patria One
(hebrew as spoken and the existence of a region called palestine)

I'll give you the region name palestine but the country around Jerusalem was (and will be until Jesus comes back) Israel.

Jesus definitely spoke Hebrew when he quoted the scriptures. All (or at the very least the very vast majority) of copies of the OT are written in Hebrew.

I'd guess that He also spoke Greek and Latin. and maybe a spattering of other languages also. Seems to me that Jerusalem, as well as the rest of Israel was a pretty cosmpolitan area, at least during feasts with Jew coming from all over the world to celebrate.

GSA(P)

258 posted on 11/30/2001 7:25:32 AM PST by John O
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 252 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson