In Anthropology, the primary science that Archeology is derived from, we learn that IF two different groups of people are using a word that is pronounced similarly and has a similar meaning that the groups have had some kind of contact and exchange of ideas.
Much of the Old Testament is written in Aramaic, not Hebrew although both Aramaic and Hebrew are Semitic languages they are different, kind of like Spanish and French are both Romantic languages.
http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/august/Aramaic.html
http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/august/Hebrew.html
I was recently discussing a best answer I got from someone who did not understand translation.
I was discussing this with some other people and discovered that someone I thought understood believed that the old testament was written in Hebrew.
Kind of shocking to me. How many of you think the OT is written in Hebrew? How many know much is in Aramaic? How many have a clue how difficult translation really is?
Just wondering.
Thanks.
2007-11-28
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