Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

How did the linguistic environment change?

Aramaic lost its official status with the destruction of the Persian empire. 
The “high” languages of the Second Temple period were Hebrew centered on 
Jerusalem and the temple, and Greek from the political realm and the 
diaspora. Does it make sense after the destruction of Jerusalem and the 
temple, along with much of the intelligencia that spoke Hebrew, that people 
would turn to a language with no status unless…?

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Penner" <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:55:29 -0400
> > If Hebrew were
> > more readily understood by the common person, then why
> > was the KADDISH (which must be understood!) penned in
> > Aramaic?
> 
> Isn't the Kaddish from after the destruction of Jerusalem? The linguistic
> environment changed after the Bar Kokhba revolt.
> 
> Ken
> 

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