The Aramaic Dialect of the James Ossuary Inscription
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Discussion of the Aramaic used in the James Ossuary inscription has so far been limited to whether the Aramaic grammatical forms could be found in the first century. There is a little evidence that supports a positive answer. This essay asks a different question, in which Aramaic dialect are the inscription's Aramaic forms most common? That answer is that they are the standard forms in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, which was the Galilean dialect from the end of the second century onwards. The inscription is thus most likely later than the period claimed by its promoters.
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The Aramaic Dialect of the James Ossuary Inscription
In: Aramaic StudiesSearch for other papers by Paul Flesher in
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Abstract
Discussion of the Aramaic used in the James Ossuary inscription has so far been limited to whether the Aramaic grammatical forms could be found in the first century. There is a little evidence that supports a positive answer. This essay asks a different question, in which Aramaic dialect are the inscription's Aramaic forms most common? That answer is that they are the standard forms in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, which was the Galilean dialect from the end of the second century onwards. The inscription is thus most likely later than the period claimed by its promoters.
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