Biblical Hebrew Forum

[fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>]

Hello Uzi;

the entire question is not whether hebrew was spoken, but what was the
prevalence of the language in the region in 882 b.c., ... approximately ...

a. 1 percent of the population;

b. 10 percent of the population;

c. 100 percent of the population?

or to put it another way; what was the language of the gov't; of the
priests; of the aristocracy; of the peasants on the street; of the middle
class; .... of lord & master to the servant in the home?

regards,

fred burlingame

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Uzi Silber <uzisilber AT gmail.com> wrote:

> i believe -- and im not god fearing -- that based on all biblical and
> archeological information available that hebrew was most certainly spoken in
> Hevron and the the rest of the Hill country (Judea and Samaria) in 882 BCE.
> not only that, hebrew dialects wwere spoken across the jordan river in Moav,
> Edom and Amon as well.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:43 PM, fred burlingame 
> <tensorpath AT gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> very interesting indeed;
>>
>> that faith, not fact, dictates whether hebrew, hurrian, hittite or some
>> other language was spoken & written in hebron ... in 882 b.c.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> fred burlingame
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:03 AM, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Fred:
>> >
>> >  On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:20 AM, fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> did biblical hebrew language form the sole language of the land, much
>> as
>> >> english represented the language of america circa 1840-1940?
>> >>
>> >> And if so, what time period was biblical hebrew language, the
>> government
>> >> language, the language of trade and commerce, the liturgical language,
>> the
>> >> language of street and home; the language of the lower and upper
>> classes;
>> >> the language north ... and the language south?
>> >>
>> >> regards,
>> >>
>> >> fred burlingame
>> >>
>> >
>> > You are asking questions for which we have no proof in any answer that
>> we
>> > give.
>> >
>> > Because the ancient Hebrews came from a tradition of writing on
>> materials
>> > suitable for nomadic lifestyle, namely leather and later papyrus as
>> well,
>> > almost none of the original documents survived. We don’t even know how
>> > widespread was the knowledge of writing. It was only through a fluke
>> that
>> > the Dead Sea Scrolls survived.
>> >
>> > Therefore, any answer given here will be according to the answerer’s
>> > religion / philosophy / presuppositions without archaeological evidence
>> to
>> > back up the answers. Those who believe that Tanakh gives an accurate
>> > history, will give a different answer from those who believe that Tanakh
>> was
>> > a late document, late in the history of Israel.
>> >
>> > Because all answers are religious, I will not go into the details at
>> this
>> > time.
>> >
>> > Karl W. Randolph.
>> >
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>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Uzi
>
>