Biblical Hebrew Forum

[fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>]

the language recorded in 870 a.d., מצרים implies the language spoken in 70
a.d., ישראל?

that sounds like a reasonable inference ... not

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Geniza

hebrews speaking english in jerusalem, arkansas, 2010, does not imply
hebrews speaking english in ארץ ישראל in 2010.

regards,

fred burlingame


On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Jack Kilmon <jkilmon AT historian.net> wrote:

> All of which confirm the article and, of course, there are more recent
> articles that basically give the same history.  Here are some recent
> citations:
>
> The Targumym of the Cairo Genizah were indeed very important because they
> reflected a purer dialect and as edited by M. L. Klein and reported by the
> International Standard Bible Encyclopedia:
> the Cairo Genizah Targum fragments were "among the most important finds
> within the Genizah of the Ezra Synagogue in old Cairo" and P. Kahle
> believed
> that the textual fragments of the targums were REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
> ARAMAIC
> SPOKEN IN ISRAEL.  Of course, I am serious Yigal.
>
> Jack Kilmon
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 1:01 AM
> To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] the dead returns
>
> Jack, you're citing an article about Hebrew which was written in about
>> 1900.
>> Before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, before most of the work on
>> the
>> Cairo Geniza had been published, before the discovery of Ugaritic etc.
>> Let's
>> please be serious!
>>
>> Yigal Levin
>>
>>