The Language Jesus Spoke
About this episode
Helen and Lloyd explore the Aramaic language spoken by Jesus with historian Bruce Chilton.
This week in the Biblical Time Machine, Helen and Lloyd travel back in time to hear and read Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke. Helping them to uncover the language is world-leading Jesus historian, Bruce Chilton, the Bernard Iddings Bell Profesosr of Religion at Bard College, NY. Professor Chilton is the author of numerous books, including Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography and most recently, Aramaic Jesus: Tradition, Identity, and Christianity's Mother Tongue. On the show, he answers ...
People in this episode
Hosts: Helen Bond, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Guest: Bruce Chilton
Topics covered
- Aramaic
- language of Jesus
- historical linguistics
- Christianity
- religion
Keywords
- Jesus
- Aramaic
- Bruce Chilton
- Christianity
- language
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bard College
Books & works: Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography, Aramaic Jesus: Tradition, Identity, and Christianity's Mother Tongue
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