Persian


Longhair, Persian Longhair, Shiraz, Shirazi

Persian Period

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.

(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)