09-18-2014, 07:42 PM
From what I can tell, pretty much everyone in the West uses a Hebrew-based Tanakh (OT).
Every major English Bible that I am aware of is based on the Hebrew Masoretic Text, which I do believe is what you refer to as the "Hebrew version that was constructed many years after the destruction of Jerusalem."
As for the terminology, modern-day Jews have borrowed many terms from Aramaic, such as, as you mentioned, "bar Mitsvah." They have also borrow many words from Yiddish (a sort of German/Hebrew hybrid that is typically spoken by European Jews, though seldom written). But it's like that in any language. We all have "loan words" and etymological roots we get from other languages. English especially. Most of our words are "borrowed" from other languages.
As for the destruction of the Temple, it was 70CE, not 60 (just being technical). And yes, it has been said that all the writings in the Temple were destroyed, though that's not to say that all the documents of that time were in the Temple.
You're going to get different answers here regarding what language Yeshua read from. Being a Jew during that time, He most likely read both Hebrew and Aramaic. I believe the general consensus is that Hebrew was more spoken as the "Temple language" and Aramaic was the common-people's every day language. Like in most Catholic churches, they all speak English most days, but during specific parts of mass they speak only in Latin. So His primary language would have been Aramaic, while in the Temple (and when we find Him reading from Isaiah in Luke's gospel) it was probably a Hebrew scroll.
Hope this helps somewhat.
Shalom b'Mashaich
Every major English Bible that I am aware of is based on the Hebrew Masoretic Text, which I do believe is what you refer to as the "Hebrew version that was constructed many years after the destruction of Jerusalem."
As for the terminology, modern-day Jews have borrowed many terms from Aramaic, such as, as you mentioned, "bar Mitsvah." They have also borrow many words from Yiddish (a sort of German/Hebrew hybrid that is typically spoken by European Jews, though seldom written). But it's like that in any language. We all have "loan words" and etymological roots we get from other languages. English especially. Most of our words are "borrowed" from other languages.
As for the destruction of the Temple, it was 70CE, not 60 (just being technical). And yes, it has been said that all the writings in the Temple were destroyed, though that's not to say that all the documents of that time were in the Temple.
You're going to get different answers here regarding what language Yeshua read from. Being a Jew during that time, He most likely read both Hebrew and Aramaic. I believe the general consensus is that Hebrew was more spoken as the "Temple language" and Aramaic was the common-people's every day language. Like in most Catholic churches, they all speak English most days, but during specific parts of mass they speak only in Latin. So His primary language would have been Aramaic, while in the Temple (and when we find Him reading from Isaiah in Luke's gospel) it was probably a Hebrew scroll.
Hope this helps somewhat.
Shalom b'Mashaich