Interesting. Say, do you do commentaries on the Aramaic of the Palestinian or Babylonian Talmuds? I can make sense of the language in Onkelos or the Peshitta, but then when it comes to Talmudic Aramaic it's like a different language. Is the Aramaic of the Talmuds totally different from other texts or do they just use different vocabulary?
The dialect of the Jerusalem (or “Palestinian”) Talmud is Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, which is also the dialect of Targum Neofiti and the Fragment Targums. As for the Babylonian Talmud, its dialect is Jewish Babylonian Aramaic. We have referred briefly to a Talmud passage before for illustrative purposes, though at present we are working through biblical passages in various Targums. May you continue to advance in your knowledge of Aramaic! Most Sincerely, Scott Callaham
Interesting. Say, do you do commentaries on the Aramaic of the Palestinian or Babylonian Talmuds? I can make sense of the language in Onkelos or the Peshitta, but then when it comes to Talmudic Aramaic it's like a different language. Is the Aramaic of the Talmuds totally different from other texts or do they just use different vocabulary?
The dialect of the Jerusalem (or “Palestinian”) Talmud is Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, which is also the dialect of Targum Neofiti and the Fragment Targums. As for the Babylonian Talmud, its dialect is Jewish Babylonian Aramaic. We have referred briefly to a Talmud passage before for illustrative purposes, though at present we are working through biblical passages in various Targums.
May you continue to advance in your knowledge of Aramaic!
Most Sincerely,
Scott Callaham
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Thanks. Currently learning Syriac through the Peshitta New Testament. ;)