Eva,
Firstly, could you please change the subject line of your posting in order to reflect the conversation thread. If you are receiving B-Hebrew in digest mode, you'll have to do this manually. But it would be appreciated by all, and ensure that you're included in a subject thread.
Now to your message:
You are applying your own belief (to which you are, of course, entitled - as we all are) to the significance of the mention of a 'Hebrew dialect' in Acts 26.14. The verse says nothing overtly about Hebrew being a 'chosen' language, unless what you mean by 'chosen' is simply that it was the language that Jesus 'chose' to speak to Paul in the text of Acts. There is a bit of a gap between choosing a language for communication and determining that language to be 'holy'.
What if Saul/Paul had spoken Swahili? Would he still have been addressed in a 'Hebrew dialect'? What good would that have done? Note Acts 2.6-12. This is, however, getting off topic for B-Hebrew.
Finally, and perhaps most ironically, Acts 26.14 is written in Koine Greek.
Regards,
GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au
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