Thus, Abraham Abulafia in the 13th century assumed that the language spoken in Paradise had been different from Hebrew, and rejected the claim then-current also among Christian authors, that a child left unexposed to linguistic stimulus would automatically begin to speak in Hebrew.
Abraham Abulafia's assertion in the 13th century that the language spoken in Paradise differed from Hebrew and challenged the then-common belief among Christian authors that unexposed children would naturally speak Hebrew, highlighting a divergence of thought on this topic.