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Where was Hebrew spoken from about 1200 BC to AD 200?
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Hebrew literature
S.Y. Agnon.
From approximately 1200 BC to AD 200, Hebrew was a spoken language in Palestine. During this period, it existed in two primary forms: Biblical Hebrew, which served as the language of the Hebrew Bible, and Mishnaic Hebrew, a later dialect that gained literary status through its use by the Pharisees in the 2nd century BC.12