Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Does anyone know what languages were spoken in Palestine during the time of Jesus?
During Jesus' lifetime, the common people would've spoken Aramaic (which is NOT a dead language, as most people beleive, but still spoken in two villages in Syria). The educated and the religious leaders would've spoken Hebrew, as well as some Greek and Latin. The Roman occupiers would've spoken Latin and possibly some Greek. Foreign traders comming through by way of the Silk Road would've spoken a smattering of other languages such as Arabic, Persian, and possibly some Hindi, though these languages would not have been spoken by the general populace of Palestine.
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