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["Emmanuel Gitlin" <gitlins AT earthlink.net>]

I am trying to read a Dead Sea Scrolls (Qumran) fascimile of a psalm sold to 
a friend at the Charlotte NC (USA) exhibition.  This must be a proto Aramaic 
or old Hebrew alphabet antedating the square letters.  Could you provide me 
with a printout of these characters with their modern Hebrew equivalents?  I 
would be very thankful.   Prof. Emmanuel Gitlin, Ph.D., Professor of Biblical 
Studies, teacher of a Bible class as the local Reform temple,    
828-32203842,  109 6th Ave NE, H ickory, NC 28601, USA
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On Wednesday 12 April 2006 09:29, Emmanuel Gitlin wrote:
> I am trying to read a Dead Sea Scrolls (Qumran) fascimile of a psalm sold
> to a friend at the Charlotte NC (USA) exhibition.  This must be a proto
> Aramaic or old Hebrew alphabet antedating the square letters.  Could you
> provide me with a printout of these characters with their modern Hebrew
> equivalents?  I would be very thankful.   Prof. Emmanuel Gitlin, Ph.D.,
> Professor of Biblical Studies, teacher of a Bible class as the local Reform
> temple,    828-32203842,  109 6th Ave NE, H ickory, NC 28601, USA

It's called paleo-Hebrew actually, and if you do an altavista or google search
under that term you'll find some web pages that give the info you need.

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Dave Washburn
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