02-02-2004, 11:34 PM
Paul Younan Wrote:I would like to add that Paul as a Pharisee would definitely have viewed both Hebrew and Aramaic as "holy languages", since both are present in the scriptures he used.
Hi Paul, I understand that Aramaic is used in Daniel and Ezra-Nehemiah, and an Aramaic word appears in Genesis. However, the descendants of the Pharisees that wrote the Mishna had a much lower opinion of Aramaic than Hebrew, and would certainly apply the meaning of Zephaniah 3: 9 to the Hebrew language and none other.
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