Page 133 - Attractive Deception - The False Hope of the Hebrew Roots Movement

The alphabet above would have been familiar to the inhabitants of Canaan during the time Joshua led
the Israelites in to conquer the land, circa 1,500 B.C..

The Alphabet above is what the Jewish people adopted while in Babylonian captivity around 600
B.C.. This shows how much a single language can change over the course of time. While the Jewish
people were dwelling in Babylon, Aramaic became the every day language of the Hebrews in exile.
Aramaic remained the common language of the Jews in what is referred to as “the Second Temple
Period.” This time spanned between 539 B.C. when the Jews returned from Babylon, and 70 A.D.
when the Temple was destroyed, along with Jerusalem, by the Roman General Titus. These years
fully encompassed the life and ministry of Christ in Judea. That Christ and His disciples spoke
Aramaic is evident from the New Testament Scriptures. The following verses all include examples
of Yahshua speaking in Aramaic.

Mark 5:41
And taking the child by the hand, He said to her, "Talitha kum!" (which translated means, "Little girl,
I say to you, arise!").