Thanks to Randall for and Jim for their replies re: Aramaic and Hebrew in 1st Century Palestine. As this is marginal to B-Greek, and becoming more so, I'll reply to Randall off-list. John M. Tait. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.4 - Release Date: 06/06/2005