11-08-2013, 06:46 PM
ScorpioSniper2 Wrote:Hebrew was almost nothing but a liturgical language during that time too. Most Jews could only converse in Aramaic. This is evidenced by the Targums, which were Aramaic translations of the Old Testament made for the benefit of the common people. Jesus could clearly speak Hebrew though, as Luke 4:16-20 tells us that Jesus read from the Tanakh scroll of Isaiah. At this time, the Targums had not yet been written down.
Indeed
John 7:15 for instance:
(Murdock) And the Jihudoyee wondered and said, How knoweth this man the scripture, when he hath not learned ?
This could be translated as 'cilinder' as well. THey did not say that Yeshu should not read, but the cilinder, obviously, this must have been a Hebrew Scroll.
Again in Acts 4:13
They understood that they (apostles) were unknown with the cilinder.
Jewish boys could read, normally.