From: "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon AT gmail.com>
To: Biblical Hebrew list <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Is Hebrew a Dead Language?
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:27:09 -0400
James Read wrote:
> I'm following what you are saying here Randall with one exception. You
> have assumed that the Hebrews spoke and used Greek and Aramaic during
> the second temple period up until the revolt of Bar Kochba.
<snip>
> So, just what are you basing this assumption on? (I am genuinely
> interested as I have heard this stated many times but have yet to see
> any form of evidence)
How early is the use of a Targum recorded? Onkelus’s seems to date to
soon after the temple era; is that helpful?
—Joel Salomon
Re: [b-hebrew] Is Hebrew a Dead Language?
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