03-01-2012, 11:17 PM
(cont'd) . . . comprised the largest Jewish community outside of Palestine?? Can we also agree that the Jews in Alexandria knew the Greek language very well?? Was their not a synogogue in Alexandria as well as in the other cities throughout the Roman Empire?? Soooo, in what language would they be conversing to the Gentiles in their attempt to convert them and make prosolytes of them?? (a big clue: in what city was the Septuagint translated into Greek??) Well, what was the language in Alexandria?? Stephen, we all would agree, I hope, that Alexandria, Egypt was the HOTBED of Greek learning, Greek philosophy (maybe apart from Athens) and Greek education of the day. In Alexandria as a case in point you have Jews that knew Aramaic but also Greek and they would be speaking to the Gentiles in Greek and we should conclude that they would also be TEACHING to them in Greek as well. And, duplicate this in just about every city throughtout the Roman Empire from about 230BC to about 250AD (being conservative). Remember, as a people settle in a foreign land, their offspring learn the language of that country so much better with each succeeding generation.
Kindly,
Mike Karoules
Kindly,
Mike Karoules