10-17-2014, 04:09 PM
I think they're both right, myself. I have a deep respect for both Steve Caruso and Paul Younan's work. They're approaching Aramaic studies from two different perspectives and they're both very enlightening. Jesus and the apostles clearly spent time among both Western and Eastern Aramaic speakers, so I don't think there was much of a language barrier, at least not that we're told in the four Gospels. I loved your "y'all" analogy, because Galileans were the "good ol' boy" rednecks of 1st century Israel! I find myself trying to avoid "Southern-isms" in my speech (I'm from Western Kentucky).