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To: Cronos
however, by the 4th century BC, the RELATED language of Aram (Aramaic, another Semitic language) became the lingua franca of the middle east, not to be replaced by Greek until well into the CHristian era

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3,071 posted on 07/28/2010 2:55:27 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit)
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To: roamer_1; Mad Dawg
Good link, in which it does say that
In other words, "in terms of dialect geography, at the time of the tannaim Palestine could be divided into the Aramaic-speaking regions of Galilee and Samaria and a smaller area, Judaea, in which Rabbinic Hebrew was used among the descendants of returning exiles."[10][11] In addition, it has been surmised that Koine Greek was the primary vehicle of communication in coastal cities and among the upper class of Jerusalem, and Aramaic was prevalent in the lower class of Jerusalem, but not in the surrounding countryside
Galilee = Aramaic speaking...
3,223 posted on 07/29/2010 1:13:59 AM PDT by Cronos (Omnia mutantur, nihil interit)
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