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Re: orion Ian H. on Aramaic and Hebrew; M. Stern on Pliny
> >Ian H. wrote of Qumran "texts in two dialects of Aramaic and three
> >dialects of Hebrew." I ask Ian to describe these dialects, based on his
> >reading of the texts, and to describe their significance.
>
> Do you deny the existence of said languages and dialects among the dss?
> (Would you deny that speech communities tend to use a single language within
> that community? Would you deny that within religious written traditions
> there is a tendency to use one language and a conservatism with regard to
> change of that language: take Latin and Arabic as examples.)
Ian,
I understood him to be asking for more info about the specific
dialects. As you know, I agree with you about the Essene hypothesis,
but I would be interested to hear more about these dialects as well.
If you can also suggest a few sources for further study on this
tangent, that would be greatly appreciated too.
Dave Washburn
dwashbur@nyx.net
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur/home.html