Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] How Long was Hebrew a Living Language?
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:03:36 -0700
On 1 Sep 2009 at 22:51, Randall Buth wrote:
> vayyixtov David
> >I still have my doubts, mainly because all of the evidence we have
> from the period points to
> Hebrew as a religious language, not a street language. Is Barr
> correct that I, at least, am
> out of touch with Mishnaic scholarship? Absolutely. I haven't a
> clue. >
>
> But "all the evidence" does not point to Hebrew as a religious
> language.
> I suggest reading the texts in Yardeni's volumes "Documentary
> texts",
> and Rahmani's on Ossuaries. Of course, from another perspective
> everything in life can
> be called religious, even a baker's receipt for dough.
Do you have full bib info for these items so I can track them down?