04-12-2004, 09:00 PM
Shlama Akhi Dave,
It is also important to keep in mind that the first "Hebrews" (Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, Rachel and Leah) were, in fact, "Arameans." (Gen. 25:20, Gen. 28:2, Gen. 29:16, Deut. 26:5)
Remember, before Jacob had his children who bore the names of the tribes of Israel - this family was Aramean and they called themselves Arameans and they made sure they married Arameans!
If any language has a claim to being the "language of the Hebrews", Aramaic is it! This was not some foreign language to these people.
It is also important to keep in mind that the first "Hebrews" (Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, Rachel and Leah) were, in fact, "Arameans." (Gen. 25:20, Gen. 28:2, Gen. 29:16, Deut. 26:5)
Remember, before Jacob had his children who bore the names of the tribes of Israel - this family was Aramean and they called themselves Arameans and they made sure they married Arameans!
If any language has a claim to being the "language of the Hebrews", Aramaic is it! This was not some foreign language to these people.
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan

