Discovering the Language of Jesus: Hebrew or Aramaic?

For the last 150 years, both popular and academic views have asserted that Jesus spoke Aramaic as his primary language of communication since supposedly Hebrew died out after the children of Israel were taken into Babylonian captivity. This view, however, is not based on the testimony of the Old Testament, the New Testament, historical sources, or Jesus' actual words. Just which language did Jesus and his disciples speak?

Author: Douglas Hamp
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 08/23/2005
Pages: 98
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9781449966447
ISBN10: 1449966446
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies | New Testament | Jesus, the Gospels & Acts

About the Author
Douglas Hamp, author of Discovering the Language of Jesus, The First Six Days and Corrupting the Image earned his MA in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. During his three years in Israel, he studied both modern and biblical Hebrew, biblical Aramaic, Koine Greek and other ancient languages as well as ancient texts and the archeology of the Bible. He has served as an assistant pastor at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, where he teaches at the School of Ministry, Spanish School of Ministry and Calvary Chapel Bible College Graduate School. Douglas has given numerous lectures on biblical languages, creationism and the end times in the United States and internationally. Douglas is a committed follower of Yeshua (Jesus). He lives with his wife and three children in Southern California.

This title is not returnable