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First don't make the mistake of assuming all Israel are Jews.... Which many people do.
There are 12 tribes of Israel and Judah (Jews) is but one tribe. Further the tribe of Judah was not the tribe of the priests, it was the tribe of the kings of Judah.
The people of the tribe of Judah who resided in Jerusalem with the tribe of Benjamin spoke Hebrew, until the time of Alexander the Great and later his general Ptolemy who forced the Greek language upon the people under their rule. This is why one observes the text shift from Hebrew to Greek between the old and New testaments.
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Jews spoke what language in the Bible?
They spoke Hebrew!
What ethnicity is Hebrew?
"Hebrew" is not a race, but a language that is a "cousin" of Aramaic, and can be traced to Old Canaanite.
What languages were spoken by Jews?
In ancient times, Jews spoke Hebrew. From about 250 BCE to about 200 CE, the main language of the Jews was Aramaic. Since then, Jews have migrated to almost every country in the world, and they speak the local languages of the regions they live in. Today, most Jews speak English as their native language or as a second language. Hebrew is the second most spoken language among Jews.
Who are the Hebrew people of old and today that the bible speaks of?
The real Jews (Hebrew Israelites) that the Bible speaks of are Negroes, Latinos/Hispanics and Native Americans.
What is the purpose of a Hebrew?
Hebrew is an ancient term for modern Jews. Today, Hebrew refers specifically to the language, not a people. If you are asking the purpose of Hebrew, that is the historical language of Jews and is used as a form of communication. If the question is the purpose of Jews, according to the Tanach, Jews are meant to provide an example of how to live righteously.
Why do Jews keep their holy book written in Hebrew?
because that's the language it was originally written in. (Only Christians choose to read the Bible in translation. Jews prefer the original Hebrew.)
What do Hebrews speak?
The language is called Hebrew. The people can be called Jews, or Hebrews, or Israelites, or Israelis.
How many people follow the Hebrew religion?
There is no such thing as the "Hebrew" religion, although in Bible times, one of the earliest names for the Jews was "Hebrews." These days, Hebrew is only a language, not a religion. Judaism, however, has approximately 14 million followers world wide. Hebrew is the language of prayer used by Jews all over the world; it is also the language much of the Hebrew Bible (Tanach) was written in, and in the country of Israel, it is the spoken language for daily life.
What languages are spoken in Judaism?
The traditional language of Jewish religious and cultural life is Hebrew.If you're talking about demographics, most Jews in the world speak English as their native language, followed by Modern Hebrew.Yiddish was once the secular language of European Jews, but today it is critically endangered, and mainly only spoken in Belarus, Israel, Argentina, and the United States (and mainly as a second language).
Which Jews learned the Greek language and copied the Hebrew bible into Greek?
Jews living in Greek society already spoke Greek from birth. Some of these Greek-speaking Jews living in Alexandria, Egypt did the translations.Answer:According to our tradition, the first translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek was done by seventy Torah-sages, at the command of Ptolemy Philadelphus, around the year 270 BCE.
Is Hebrew the racial designation of all white people?
No, Hebrew is a linguistic term for the language spoken by Jews in Israel and all over the world. It also refers to the ancestors of the Jews, which came in many skin colors, just as the Jews of today do.
When was Modern Language Bible created?
Modern Language Bible was created in 1969.
