Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Casanellas <pere.casanellas AT btlink.net>]

CHOMSKY, W. «What was the Jewish vernacular during the Second 
Commonwealth». The Jewish Quarterly Review, 42 (1951-1952), pp.193-212. [It 
is old but I think what it says is still valid.]

DIEZ MACHO, Alejandro. La lengua hablada por Jesucristo. Madrid: Ediciones 
Fe Católica, 1976. 95p. ISBN 84-7072-053-8

RABIN, Chaim. «La situació de la llengua hebrea al temps de la Mišnà, o En 
quina llengua predicava Jesús de Galilea?». Límits [Barcelona], nº 5 
(november 1988), pp. 5-17. [It is in Catalan. But probably the same author 
has published similar articles in English.]

SCHÜRER, Emil. The history of the Jewish People in the age of Jesus Christ 
(175 B.C.-A.C. 135). A new English version revised and edited by Geza 
VERMES..., Endingburgh: T. & T.Clark,, 1979, vol. II, pp. 1-28.

I have not now the following books at hand, but I think valuable 
information can also be find in:

SAFRAI, S.; STERN, M. [eds.]. The jewish people in the first century. 
Historical geography, political history, social, cultural and religious 
life and institutions. In cooperation with D. Flusser and W.C. van 
Unnik.Vol. 1. Assen: Van Gorcum & Comp. B.V., 1974 and 1976. 2 vols. 
(Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum; Section One: The Jewish 
People in the First Century; 1 and 2). ISBN 90-232-1070-0 and 90-232-1436-6

Best wishes,

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Pere Casanellas
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CATALONIA (Spain)

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At 04:01 26/02/2004 +0000, Frantz (turgueman AT netzero.net) wrote:

> [...]
>
> But the issue I would like to explore is the use of Hebrew and Aramaic by 
> 1 century CE Jewish communities and the followers of Jesus. Can someone 
> recommend the best books or articles on the use of Hebrew and Aramaic in 
> the 1st century CE? These can be in Hebrew, German, Greek (modern), 
> Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish (Castellano), Arabic, or Russian.
>
> Toda Raba veshalom uvrakha
>
> Frantz