Galilean moons century when other inner moons were discovered, and Marius' names became widely used. Galileo was able to develop a method of determining longitude based on the timing of the orbits of the Galilean moons. The times of the eclipses of the moons could be precisely calculated in advance, and compared with local observations on land or on ship to determine the local time and hence longitude. The main problem with the technique was that it was difficult to observe the Galilean moons through a telescope on a moving ship; a problem that Galileo tried to solve with the invention of
Galilean dialect century. Hugo Odeberg attempted a grammar based on the Aramaic of the Genesis Rabbah in 1939. Michael Sokoloff's English preface to Caspar Levias' Hebrew language "Grammar of Galilean Aramaic" (1986) also sheds light on the controversy that began with Dalman. Edward Kutscher's "Studies in Galilean Aramaic" (1976) may offer some newer insights. More recently attempts to better understand the Galilean dialect vis a vis the New Testament have been taken up by Steve Caruso. Evidence on possible shortening or changing of Hebrew names into Galilean is limited. Ossuary inscriptions invariably show full Hebrew name forms. David Flusser suggested that the