Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] How Long was Hebrew a Living Language?
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:08:32 -0700
On 5 Sep 2009 at 2:17, Randall Buth wrote:
> vayyixtov David
> >I'll try to address the Josephus question later, but for now I'll
> just say that your "evidence"
> > weak at best, and rather selective.>
>
> Please note: the references to Aristeas and Josephus were
> citations
> of local testimony to the phenomenon of Hebrew being spoken in
> Judea.
> Of course it was selective, the question was 'does such testimony
> exist?'
> It does.
I know that's what it was. And yes, it exists. Why? I would think the
answer would be fairly
obvious, given the historical contexts of both.