In message , nightjar
writes
On 05/02/2020 14:34, Tim Lamb wrote:
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Wasn't Sanscrit the language of the time?

For Jewish religious works the languages were Hebrew and a little Aramaic.

Yes. Memory glitch:-)

TNP has provided a comprehensive explanation. This isn't the place to
discuss religion anyway. It was just the bit about reading that struck
me as strange.


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Tim Lamb