12-14-2007, 12:02 AM
Shlama all,
Quick question on this topic, and I may be showing ignorance, but here it is anyways...
If Latin was inscribed on the cross for the Imperial Roman and Greek was inscribed due to its pervasiveness throughout the Mediteranean, was Hebrew not utilized because it was the preiminent language of the Judean area vice Aramaic? Or stated another way: Why was Hebrew utilized when stating "Yeshua, King of the Jews" if the most common language of the area was Aramaic?
Ma'a Salama
Quick question on this topic, and I may be showing ignorance, but here it is anyways...
If Latin was inscribed on the cross for the Imperial Roman and Greek was inscribed due to its pervasiveness throughout the Mediteranean, was Hebrew not utilized because it was the preiminent language of the Judean area vice Aramaic? Or stated another way: Why was Hebrew utilized when stating "Yeshua, King of the Jews" if the most common language of the area was Aramaic?
Ma'a Salama