Mary Spoke Aramaic With A Galilean Twang
Mary would have spoken a local variant of Aramaic, which was the most frequently spoken language among Middle Eastern Jews at the time. Aramaic is now only spoken by a few Christian groups in Syria and Iraq, but it was once the region’s lingua franca. And the language is fairly old, having been developed by the Arameans in the 11th century B.C. Meanwhile, it is unknown whether Mary was fluent in any other languages. However, she would have been exposed to them, implying that Mary, like her son, may have picked them up. Rabbis, for example, were fluent in Hebrew, the Torah’s language. Merchants and professors frequently chatted in Greek, while the Roman occupiers, of course, spoke in Latin.
Mary Spoke Aramaic With A Galilean Twang
Mary Most Likely Couldn’t Read Or Write
Because reading among the poor was uncommon in ancient Judea, it seems improbable that Mary understood how to read or write. Her Jewish ancestry, on the other hand, featured rich oral traditions such as songs, stories, and poems. Indeed, the Torah is largely made up of an Oral Law known as Torah Sheba’al Peh, which recalls, among other things, the commandments of Moses. The Torah Sheba’al Peh was passed down through the generations from father to son until it was ultimately written down roughly 1,800 years ago by Rabbi Juddah the Prince. As a result, it appears possible that Joseph instructed Jesus in Jewish spiritual things, and that the latter’s talent for telling stories may have begun at home.
Mary Most Likely Couldn’t Read Or Write
