Gad Barnea

It's really very much, I'm sure a lot of people listening to this know about Yiddish. So Yiddish is Jewish German, right? It's a German language, but adopted by the- I didn't even know that.

It's really very much, I'm sure a lot of people listening to this know about Yiddish. So Yiddish is Jewish German, right? It's a German language, but adopted by the- I didn't even know that.

So, okay. So Yiddish is Jewish German. Okay. And it's based on a German language, but it has a lot of words in Hebrew. Also kind of sprinkled in. And that's the same thing with the Greek of the Septuagint. So for Ptolemy or anyone to commission a work that would be written in a Jewish language. not in Greek Greek, makes little sense.

So, okay. So Yiddish is Jewish German. Okay. And it's based on a German language, but it has a lot of words in Hebrew. Also kind of sprinkled in. And that's the same thing with the Greek of the Septuagint. So for Ptolemy or anyone to commission a work that would be written in a Jewish language. not in Greek Greek, makes little sense.

So, okay. So Yiddish is Jewish German. Okay. And it's based on a German language, but it has a lot of words in Hebrew. Also kind of sprinkled in. And that's the same thing with the Greek of the Septuagint. So for Ptolemy or anyone to commission a work that would be written in a Jewish language. not in Greek Greek, makes little sense.

Right, so that was probably the Greek that was spoken by the Jews of Alexandria. So it was written for them. It was not, so that's the language, the Greek that they had for their own identity in Alexandria. And there was a pretty large community of Jews in Alexandria from the beginning, from Alexander. Alexander had Jewish mercenaries.

Right, so that was probably the Greek that was spoken by the Jews of Alexandria. So it was written for them. It was not, so that's the language, the Greek that they had for their own identity in Alexandria. And there was a pretty large community of Jews in Alexandria from the beginning, from Alexander. Alexander had Jewish mercenaries.

Right, so that was probably the Greek that was spoken by the Jews of Alexandria. So it was written for them. It was not, so that's the language, the Greek that they had for their own identity in Alexandria. And there was a pretty large community of Jews in Alexandria from the beginning, from Alexander. Alexander had Jewish mercenaries.

uh with him and he gave them land uh or at least he settled them in alexandria um and so uh and so this language that it was translated into is not greek greek and that's extremely important to realize uh and unfortunately a lot in in many cases that is not really um people don't realize this as they should um so so when you want to compare hebrew to greek

uh with him and he gave them land uh or at least he settled them in alexandria um and so uh and so this language that it was translated into is not greek greek and that's extremely important to realize uh and unfortunately a lot in in many cases that is not really um people don't realize this as they should um so so when you want to compare hebrew to greek

uh with him and he gave them land uh or at least he settled them in alexandria um and so uh and so this language that it was translated into is not greek greek and that's extremely important to realize uh and unfortunately a lot in in many cases that is not really um people don't realize this as they should um so so when you want to compare hebrew to greek

Oh, that's a great question.

Oh, that's a great question.

Oh, that's a great question.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are later.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are later.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are later.

Yeah. I mean, some people date really the first fragments to late 3rd century. I'm not sure I would necessarily subscribe to that dating. It's all based on the scripts, on the format of the script rather than anything else.

Yeah. I mean, some people date really the first fragments to late 3rd century. I'm not sure I would necessarily subscribe to that dating. It's all based on the scripts, on the format of the script rather than anything else.

Yeah. I mean, some people date really the first fragments to late 3rd century. I'm not sure I would necessarily subscribe to that dating. It's all based on the scripts, on the format of the script rather than anything else.