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- From: dwashbur AT nyx.net
- To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Discovering the language of Jesus
- Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:09:56 -0600
Yes, talitha cumi is Aramaic.
On 2 Oct 2006 at 12:49, sujata wrote:
> Is Talitha Cumi Aramaic? Wasn't Jesus, King of the Jews written in Aramaic
> as well?
>
> Sujata
>
> Oun Kwon <kwonbbl AT gmail.com> wrote:
> What was it in the nonbiblical DSS material? Was it mostly in Aramaic?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Oun.
>
>
> > Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 18:46:14 +0100
> > From: "Chris and Nel"
> > Subject: [b-hebrew] Discovering the language of Jesus
>
>
> > Dear Oun,
> >
> > I am not able to answer the question about Jesus, but I would like to
> > 'donate' some balance to the idea that all the jews coming back from
> > babylon
> > spoke Aramaic, this reasoning propagated by many, is entirely unjustified.
> > Nehemiah 13:24 is but a small, indicative clue to the practicality of the
> > situation. I believe that common sense and modern history can teach us
> > that
> > many Jews would have retained their native dialects and passed them on.
> > Some would have abandoned their children's language to the language of
> > Babylonia. My own children have not been allowed to forget their native
> > language in spite of living in an English speaking environment. I have
> > heard
> > and read it so many times that the Jews spoke aramaic after Babylon --
> > and I
> > find it a simplistic view of a complex environment. Nehemiah 13:24 does in
> > no way deny that jews may well be conversing in aramaic, the business
> > community, to converse with their neighbours etc, but it also presents an
> > unexpected portrayal of Practical daily life that I am thankful was
> > inserted
> > into the scripture.
> >
> > Chris Watts
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-
[b-hebrew] Discovering the language of Jesus,
Oun Kwon, 10/02/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] Discovering the language of Jesus, dwashbur, 10/02/2006
-
Re: [b-hebrew] Discovering the language of Jesus,
sujata, 10/02/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] Discovering the language of Jesus, Rolf Furuli, 10/02/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] Discovering the language of Jesus, Peter Kirk, 10/02/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] Discovering the language of Jesus, dwashbur, 10/02/2006
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