That Jesus spoke Hebrew amongst the Jews --
The people that Jesus had hacked off most were the religious hierarchy. Why would they not have written in Hebrew?
Why -- indeed.
The inscription that also was in evidence was in Latin. Almost none of the Jewish people knew Latin.
The Latin was there on the cross for the Roman soldiers. The Greek was there for visitors or outsiders to the area -- as the common language of the empire. But the Hebrew [Hebraisti] was there specifically for Jesus and the Jews. Aramaic was not generally spoken by Jesus amongst the Jews around Jerusalem who were very protective of their nationalism and religious heritage which was recorded in Hebrew. If Aramaic was spoken by Jesus amongst the Jews, then it should have been on the cross instead of the Hebrew.
This is grasping at straws.
Those who refuse to acknowledge that Jesus and the Jews in Judea spoke Hebrew are the ones grasping at straws and prefabrications.
Jesus spoke Aramaic and probably Greek.
Jesus could speak any language he chose, but since Hebrew was the language that issued forth from the Tables of the Law of Moses and the rest of the scriptures that He gave to them, Hebrew was the language of choice for the Messiah that Moses prophesied would come, and the Jewish people whose heritage issued forth from those Hebrew scriptures.
I believe that this is absolutely correct. School for young men in that community was Hebrew school.
***And this proves what?
That Jesus spoke Hebrew amongst the Jews —***
This does not constitute anything like proof. It is circumstantial evidence only.
***Aramaic was not generally spoken by Jesus amongst the Jews around Jerusalem who were very protective of their nationalism and religious heritage which was recorded in Hebrew. If Aramaic was spoken by Jesus amongst the Jews, then it should have been on the cross instead of the Hebrew. ***
It might be said, but it provides circumstantial evidence only. Kosta has provided direct evidence from the folks who kept a pretty detailed history of the area. I’d be inclined to believe them.
I trust literate people who pride themselves in history and literacy amongst at least the priestly class in creating and maintaining reasonably accurate historical knowledge.