Language
The Jews spoke Hebrew, but by the Persian period, Aramaic was the language of international trade due to the Jewish captivity, while Hebrew gradually became confined to the learned and the religious leaders. After the Babylonian exile, Aramaic influence pervaded the land of Palestine. Nehemiah complained that mixed children were unable to speak Hebrew (Nehemiah 13:24).
(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. Biblical Languages by Larry Walker. Page 227-229)
List
- The Wandering Jew