If only there was some way to verify such beliefs!I believe it must have been Egyptian, since they come out of Egypt , where they spent 300 years which would be at least 8 generation , I grant Semitic was spoken in the north like Babylon , Assyrian,
That apparently is just a fable, there is no evidence of that except for the Torah. The Torah has several such fables such as 'the flood' and the garden of eden.I believe it must have been Egyptian, since they come out of Egypt , where they spent 300 years which would be at least 8 generation , I grant Semitic was spoken in the north like Babylon , Assyrian,
I did some research on this, and apparently, although there is no evidence of the exodus, there is evidence of Jewish communities in Egypt at various times around 500-400 BC. But the Hebrews were known to exist around Jordan since 1200 BC.
The Afro-Asiatic language family is one of the oldest that we have good information about--with more than 300 member languages still in use in the modern era.What language in antiquity the Jews Spoke ?
Indeed. Quite a bit of what we think we know about ancient Egypt (or perhaps nearly everything!) is fable and storytelling. The Jews, for example, were never slaves in Egypt. They came voluntarily because there was a lot of work to be done, work that was paid more-or-less fairly. Couple this with the fact that the Jews were the only people on the project (besides the Egyptians themselves) who could read and write, and they quickly rose into the ranks of the supervisors.Spidergoat said:I did some research on this, and apparently, although there is no evidence of the exodus, there is evidence of Jewish communities in Egypt at various times aro und 500-400 BC. But the Hebrews were known to exist around Jordan since 1200 BC.
Indeed. Quite a bit of what we think we know about ancient Egypt (or perhaps nearly everything!) is fable and storytelling. The Jews, for example, were never slaves in Egypt. They came voluntarily because there was a lot of work to be done, work that was paid more-or-less fairly. Couple this with the fact that the Jews were the only people on the project (besides the Egyptians themselves) who could read and write, and they quickly rose into the ranks of the supervisors.
When the project was finished, everyone simply went home, usually with a purse full of money that made their wives extremely happy.
The fairytales about Moses, and all the other biblical crap, is indeed nothing but biblical crap.
That is incorrect. The bible is one source, certainly, but there are other historical sources as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_EgyptGreat you just solved the history problem , but I believe you have a time sequence problem . The only thing
I might agree with you they entered Egypt as free people, About storytelling in the bible , if you would not have the bible we would not have any history, beside your created story.
That is incorrect. The bible is one source, certainly, but there are other historical sources as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Egypt
The Jewish people invented a phonetic abjad (an alphabet with no vowels, since vowels have no meaning in Hebrew) roughly 3,000 years ago. That gave them 3,000 years to write their history, their philosophy and their religious stories.If you would not have the Bible we would not have any history, beside your created story.
The Jewish people invented a phonetic abjad (an alphabet with no vowels, since vowels have no meaning in Hebrew) roughly 3,000 years ago. That gave them 3,000 years to write their history, their philosophy and their religious stories.
Since they regarded the Torah as history, much of what is now treated as Jewish history is a mixture of a fair amount of history, augmented by fairytales.
Sorry, I'm a linguist, not a historian. I can probably find a reasonably accurate date that marks the beginning of the era in which the Jewish people began to use an early form of the Hebrew language.So at what point in time will assign the existence of Jews ? You can not just throw a rough figure. Back to beginning of Jews . Would you start with Abraham ?
Probably not. Although Egyptian is one of the six groups of the Afro-Asiatic language family, this does NOT imply that the members of two of these groups can understand each other's languages.I suppose he did not Jewish ( modern Hebrew ) because he come from the land of Chaldeans and their language was Semitic. Would you believe he communicate with Egyptians .
Yes certainly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_languageI thought that circa the time of Christ, Jews spoke Aramaic for ordinary conversation & Hebrew for religious purposes.
I am fairly certain that there was a time when they used Aramaic.
At that time, they decided to preserve Hebrew as a liturgical language. So they used Aramaic, which was already widely used throughout the Middle East as a lingua franca, as their everyday language.I thought that circa the time of Christ, Jews spoke Aramaic for ordinary conversation & Hebrew for religious purposes. I am fairly certain that there was a time when they used Aramaic.
I thought that circa the time of Christ, Jews spoke Aramaic for ordinary conversation & Hebrew for religious purposes.
I am fairly certain that there was a time when they used Aramaic.