Greek primacists favoring certain anciet texts

[byrnesey]

Another thing Ooze that can be discussed is lingua franca. More and more Greek scholars admot that Greek in the Mid-East was more of an elitist language and that the common language of the Semites was Aramaic. There is much proof of this, such as there were Greek speakers in Egypt, but the "uneducated" spoke something else... For example, the famous story of the Egyptian who couldn't speak Greek to her leaders and the story of Paul and the chief, who was surprised that Paul could speak Greek, as he thought Paul was just some Egyptian terrorist. Paul was an educated man!

Another one you can rip straight from my book. It is well documented that Arabaic in the Muslim uprising, replaced Aramaic in the Mid-East. Where was the Greek in all this?!

THEN, we have James writing to the twelve tribes abroad. They all spoke one language assumably. Was it the language of Greek? Or the Semitic language of Aramaic. Well let us look at the facts. The Israelites continued to use Aramaic after the various dispersions, as Aramaic inscriptions are found even in Britain... The Talmud - Aramaic... James - full of Aramaicisms. Clearly the twelve tribes were Aramaic-speakers. Still from way back when they were in captivity by the Assyrians.

Regards,

Rich