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  • From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] spaces between words
  • Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:28:20 -0700

Steve:

Maybe because it was common in ancient Greek and Roman writings not to
have spaces between words.

While I have seen a few alphabetic Semitic writings, mostly very
short, that omitted between word markings, most that I have seen have
had some indication separating words: a dot between words (e.g. Siloam
inscription, Mesha stele) or spaces (e.g. DSS).

Karl W. Randolph.

On 3/17/07, Steve Miller <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net> wrote:
The DSS that I have seen have spaces between words.

Why is it commonly said that there were no spaces between words in the
ancient Hebrew manuscripts? Is there a basis for this?



Thanks,

-Steve Miller

Detroit

www.voiceInWilderness.info <http://www.voiceinwilderness.info/>




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