I hope this is not too off-topic for the list. One of the most interesting (to me) threads over the last year has been Randall Buth and Jack Kilmon's debate on the status of Hebrew and Aramaic around 1st and 2nd centuries CE. At the time I was unable to participate, but if I may reopen (and somewhat broaden) the question, I would be very interested in how they see the sociolinguistic situation and its development in the second temple period and some time beyond (say 5th century BCE to 3rd century CE) in Israel. Who and in what situations would use the following languages: - High Hebrew - Low Hebrew - Aramaic - Greek - Latin (I am not sure if Jack Kilmon makes a distinction between high Hebrew and low Hebrew as Randall Buth does).
Contributions also from other list members is, of course, welcome. Kimmo Huovila _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
