Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dewayne Dulaney <dewayne.dulaney AT gmail.com>]

Uri H. katav:

>> Karl,
 How do you, or anyone, 'see' or know that Mishnaic
 Hebrew was not a spoken language?
 The earlier language had changed in time, which is
quite normal.
 There is a vast literature on the subject. The
 indications that people spoke it are quite clear.>>

 I haven't had a chance yet to read any of the Mishnah, but I seem to
recall reading somewhere that much of what is in the Mishnah is based
on discussions of the rabbis.
Is there a statement in the Mishnah that these discussions took place
in a different language than the language they were recorded in? If
not, and if there is no other evidence suggesting this happened, then
it should be assumed that Mishnaic Hebrew was indeed spoken, even if
only among the rabbis. If not, why not?

Dewayne Dulaney


On 11/19/11, Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com> wrote:
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> after the exile  [ which exile? do you mean the
>  Babylonian?  UH ] until after the bar Kochba revolt...
>                                    K Randolph
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>    Uri Hurwitz                      Great Neck, NY
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