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It is surprising that Mr. Penner can bring himself to even acknowledge the
very existence of Hebrew as a language. Can he imagine that it was Aramaic
that imitated much more ancient Hebrew script then the other way around.

Alexander Gendler
www.eBookShuk.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Penner" <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 1:55 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: the jehoash stone


> > It was not written in Phoenecian, but in Hebrew
>
> You're right that the language was Hebrew, but the script (call it
> "font" if you like) was that used by the ancient Phoenicians. The script
> is also called paleo-Hebrew, and was used in the Moabite Mesha Stele,
> which is NOT written in Hebrew, but in a closely related dialect. The
> script does not look like Modern Hebrew script in either its printed or
> cursive forms. Ask Jim West for the photo and you'll see.
>
> Hebrew hasn't ever had its own script, really. First it borrowed the
> Phoenician script, and then the Aramaic script.
>
> Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Regent College), M.A. (McMaster)
> Ph.D. Student, Religious Studies,
> Biblical Field (Early Judaism major)
> McMaster University
> Hamilton, Canada
> pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca
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