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And what language did the Jews speak during Moses time? And why was the Bible writen in Aramic?

2007-03-11 04:42:00 · 8 answers · asked by phoenix_1919 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Hebrew is different than Aramaic, Hebrew is older. Of course, there is Biblical Hebrew and there is Modern Hebrew--Modern Hebrew is spoken in Israel today while Biblical Hebrew, though similar, is different. Biblical Hebrew is what was spoken by Moses and his people during his time--Aramaic was not invented/used until around 1st century C.E. The Bible was not written in Aramaic, the Jewish Bible was written in Hebrew, whilst the Chrstian Bible was written in Koine Greek, not really Aramaic.

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2007-03-11 05:22:00 · answer #1 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 2 0

Hebrew is the language of the Bible. Some parts such as the Song of Deborah, are in a very of form of Hebrew that would be more representative of the time of Moses. Most Biblical Hebrew is the language of the end of the Babylonian captivity, when the Bible was written down. Aramaic, Hebrew and Koine Greek were the common spoken languages in 1st Century AD Judea.

2007-03-11 04:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0 0

I think Hebrew is older... but there was a considerable overlap where both languages were spoken. In middle biblical times, Aramaic was the diplomatic lingua franca, like the way English is today.
The Bible, for the most part, is written in Hebrew. There are a few sections in Daniel that in Aramaic.

2007-03-11 08:08:41 · answer #3 · answered by Melanie Mue 4 · 0 0

From what I presently understand; Aramic is like a subgroup of Hebrew. Similar to the Americans speak English; but some words have different meranings in England presently.

2007-03-11 05:19:53 · answer #4 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0 1

Some of it was written in Chaldee, which is an ancient form of Syriac.
When the captivity of Judah happened, and the children were in captivity for 69 years in Babylon, they learned the language of the captivity; this is why you will see it come thru in some of the Books of the Bible,
often mixed in with Hebrew.
The New Testament is mainly Greek,
the Old is mainly Hebrew.
Paul was a scholar who was fluent in Hebrew, street Greek, and even Chaldee.
He was a Roman Citizen, fluent in a few languages, and was a student of Gameel.
I say this because Paul wrote most of the New Testament.

2007-03-11 04:51:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

Hmm, I am not sure which is older. There is not much difference between Hebrew and Aramaic. The 'Gemara' is written in Aramaic with some Hebrew words thrown in here and there. In the Bible they spoke Hebrew and that is why they were called The Hebrews!

2007-03-11 05:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by Motti _Shish 6 · 1 1

Jesus could have spoken Hebrew and Aramaic, however the winning language of knowledgeable peoples of the time replaced into Greek. that's particularly obtainable that the disciples spoke all 3 languages. a number of them certainly did and after Pentecost there replaced into no concern. Jesus handle human beings interior the language perfect understood by way of the individuals he replaced into conversing to. in comparison to 3 YA subscribers who insist on mixing up Hebrew and English while conversing in English. you would be able to desire to settle for the terminology or names given to issues and individuals in there language and not insist they have it incorrect because of the fact your historic past is distinctive. that's how wars start up.

2016-10-01 22:44:00 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew

2007-03-11 04:51:16 · answer #8 · answered by S K 7 · 0 2

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