Well, Hebrew was just about a dead language after the Babylonian exile.. so I think that you are right.
well----not really----people were still reading and writing in Hebrew thruout----it became
a language of scholars as far as literature a language which spread around as a
SYNCRETIC kind of phenomenon in the developement of many languages in vernacular.
During the entire time----post babylonian exile TO MODERN TIMES it remained active
in the developement of------the languages special to jews-----YIDDISH of course--which
has an extensive literature -----and also a HEBRAIZED form of arabic----
acutually several since arabic is nothing more than a jargon thing that comes
in scores of different forms and there is LADINO----the Hebraized form of
Spanish like Yiddish ----a full fledged language on its own-----there is even a
Hebraized form of FARSI---
Of course purists continued to write philosophy and poetry and prose in standard
hebrew-----which is why standard hebrew has remained SO STABLE to the extent
that persons literate in the language have no trouble reading stuff written
thousands of years ago --------I have trouble reading stuff written
in english 400 years ago
roudy -----where are you??