12-20-2007, 06:46 PM
I think you missed the point. The point is that Aramaic is in-between. Hebrew is Lashon HaQodesh, and what the Tanaim wanted them to speak. Greek was the language of the abominable Hellinists. There is another place in the Talmud where it is said that it is better to feed your children to pigs than it is to learn Greek.
So, if the choice were between Greek and Aramaic, I maintain that the religious nationalists of the day would have prefered Aramaic.
I'd also like to protest the idea that Messianic Judaism is only a recent development. Even if you deny the references in Acts, we were in existence before 70 C.E. as the Mishnah testifies.
There is evidence of a Notzri sect in the eleventh century, and throughout the Renaissance (Credit for this evidence should go to Mr. Dutillet and Mr. Munster). Then we spring up in England out of nowhere in the 19th century. Then there are guys like Simcha Pearlmutter who were taught about the Mashiakh by their rabbis.
So, if the choice were between Greek and Aramaic, I maintain that the religious nationalists of the day would have prefered Aramaic.
I'd also like to protest the idea that Messianic Judaism is only a recent development. Even if you deny the references in Acts, we were in existence before 70 C.E. as the Mishnah testifies.
There is evidence of a Notzri sect in the eleventh century, and throughout the Renaissance (Credit for this evidence should go to Mr. Dutillet and Mr. Munster). Then we spring up in England out of nowhere in the 19th century. Then there are guys like Simcha Pearlmutter who were taught about the Mashiakh by their rabbis.