01-27-2009, 05:25 PM
I meant to say in my 1st post, ". . . because Greek was spoken not only when one had to speak it. It was the common tongue of many but not the mother tongue of those whose ethnicity was semetic." I just meant that Greek was used more than just to get around. Greek was one of those "lingua Franca" languages if not the actual Lingua Franca of the Roman Empire outside of the area of Rome and Italy.
Mike
Mike