On 05/02/2020 14:34, Tim Lamb wrote:
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On 05/02/2020 10:01, Tim Lamb wrote:
Point of curiosity.
Would the son of a carpenter and his fishermen disciples be able to
readÂ* and write at that time?
Also, what access would there have been to scrolls presumably
jealouslyÂ* guarded by religious authorities?

Jesus spent a lot of time in te temples and had been around the block
a few times before the Teacxhings. I'd say he could read Hebrew all
right. Or like todays Muslims, had *memorised* the bible

Hmm. I was picking up on the reference to *read* up post and it just
tickled an active brain cell:-)

Wasn't Sanscrit the language of the time?

Not for Jews, no. Latin, Greek, (Aramaic) and Hebrew were the written
languages of the middle east. Sanskrit is India. Also Farsi from the
Persians. (Parsees)

"During the thousand years of its composition, almost the entire Old
Testament was written in Hebrew. But a few chapters in the prophecies of
Ezra and Daniel and one verse in Jeremiah were written in a language
called Aramaic. This language became very popular in the ancient world
and actually displaced many other languages. Aramaic even became the
common language spoken in Israel in Jesus time, and it was likely the
language He spoke day by day. Some Aramaic words were even used by the
Gospel writers in the New Testament.

The New Testament, however, was written in Greek. This seems strange,
since you might think it would be either Hebrew or Aramaic. However,
Greek was the language of scholarship during the years of the
composition of the New Testament from 50 to 100 AD. The fact is that
many Jews could not even read Hebrew anymore, and this disturbed the
Jewish leaders a lot! So, around 300 BC a translation of the Old
Testament from Hebrew into Greek was undertaken, and it was completed
around 200 BC. Gradually this Greek translation of the Old Testament,
called the Septuagint, was widely accepted and was even used in many
synagogues. It also became a wonderful missionary tool for the early
Christians, for now the Greeks could read Gods Word in their own tongue."

https://www.biblica.com/resources/bi...first-written/




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