Quote:
Originally Posted by thief of fire
Quote:
Originally Posted by spin
Now Josephus can say a word is Hebrew when he presents it in what appears to be an Aramaic form as in the case of σαββατα, though the word is Hebrew in origin
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Probably Akkadian |
To be clear, the notion of the seventh day
rest, the sabbath, emerged in the Jewish culture, hence Hebrew. The Aramaic שבתא is the obvious candidate for translation and given the Hebrew idea. Though $abattum is the Assyrian Akkadian cognate, it doesn't bear the relevant significance of the seventh day and it was not the source of the Aramaic or Hebrew words.
05-13-2012, 05:28 AM
