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To: MarkBsnr

The Bar Kochba era left behind mundane communications in Hebrew replete with slang and acronyms.

‘Religious caste’ has always had a different meaning for Jews, where ordinary men were always expected to be literate.


159 posted on 07/14/2012 8:50:18 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto
The Bar Kochba era left behind mundane communications in Hebrew replete with slang and acronyms.

With limited participants that I am aware of.

‘Religious caste’ has always had a different meaning for Jews, where ordinary men were always expected to be literate.

Agreed. The literacy in the middle East was expected to be in Greek, not Hebrew.

160 posted on 07/14/2012 8:53:28 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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