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RE: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?

From: "Ken Penner" <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca>
To: "'Michael Abernathy'" <mabernathy AT isot.com>, "'B-Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:35:43 -0400

> You can also find references in the Talmud to Jews in Jerusalem
> seeking a translator because someone asked a question in
> Aramaic. On the other hand, I remember a reference to a Jew
> outside of Israel asking his maid to explain what the Hebrew
> in a passage meant.

If you could find the references for these passages, I would appreciate it.
I had heard of the second anecdote, but I couldn't track it down.

Thanks,
Ken Penner, McMaster/DSS
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PennerThesis

Re: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language? , (continued)
- [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Michael Abernathy, 06/14/2003
  - Re: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Jack Kilmon, 06/14/2003
    - Re: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Peter Kirk, 06/17/2003
      - Re: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Dave Washburn, 06/17/2003
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Peter Kirk, 06/18/2003
  - RE: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Ken Penner, 06/16/2003
- RE: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Ken Penner, 06/16/2003
  - Re: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Jack Kilmon, 06/16/2003
  - Re: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Peter Kirk, 06/17/2003
- RE: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Karl Randolph, 06/19/2003
  - Re: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Peter Kirk, 06/20/2003
    - RE: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Ken Penner, 06/20/2003
      - Re: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Peter Kirk, 06/23/2003
- RE: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Jason Hare, 06/20/2003
  - RE: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Ken Penner, 06/20/2003
- RE: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?, Karl Randolph, 06/20/2003