Daily Archives: June 28, 2010

The Language of the Returning Exiles; Following Jesus

1.  In Rabbinic Essays, Jacob Lauterbach argues on pages 214-215 that the exiles who returned from Babylon spoke Hebrew, not Aramaic.  He appeals to Nehemiah 13:24, in which Nehemiah is upset that some of the Israelite children could not speak … Continue reading

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