Biblical Hebrew Forum

[dwashbur AT nyx.net]

On 1 Sep 2009 at 22:51, Randall Buth wrote:

> vayyixtov David
> >I still have my doubts, mainly because all of the evidence we have
> from the period points to
> Hebrew as a religious language, not a street language.  Is Barr
> correct that I, at least, am
> out of touch with Mishnaic scholarship?  Absolutely.  I haven't a
> clue. >
> 
> But "all the evidence" does not point to Hebrew as a religious
> language.
> I suggest reading the texts in Yardeni's volumes "Documentary
> texts",
> and Rahmani's on Ossuaries. Of course, from another perspective
> everything in life can
> be called religious, even a baker's receipt for dough.

Do you have full bib info for these items so I can track them down?



Dave Washburn

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