tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918615.post1509852073344309463..comments2024-03-14T20:03:37.044+00:00Comments on Sussex Parson: Marc Lloyd's 'Miscellanies': What language did Adam speak?Marc Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12532904022047805067noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918615.post-18861976668483755952017-05-05T13:40:24.578+01:002017-05-05T13:40:24.578+01:00I remember many years ago a Syrian-Orthodox friend...I remember many years ago a Syrian-Orthodox friend from the Tur Abdin region observing that Adam's pun in the exclamation "she will be called isha [woman] because from ish [man] she was taken" does not work in Aramaic. He was puzzled about that, assuming as he did that Adam would have spoken Aramaic.Thomas Renzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705647686623100131noreply@blogger.com