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  • From: James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Hebrew as a holy language
  • Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 00:03:41 +0100

Hi,

in recent discussion it has been brought forward the theory that Hebrew was the original language spoken in the garden of Eden. Typical lines of evidence are Adam's play on words when he names woman i$$ah because from man she was taken.

Looking into this further I found that the oldest mention of such a theory is probably to be found in the book of Jubilees which some hold to be older than the account in Genesis itself and to have been given to Moses on mount Sinai. Many early Christian churches held the book to be canonical but it was ruled out by the Jewish definition of the canon in the 1st century and after Constantine took hold of Christianity he followed suit and Jubilees was decanonised for many Christian churches.

According to Jubilees, I take it, that Hebrew was the original language spoken by all preflood. Writing was taught to Enoch by angels. After the incident at Babel Hebrew was forgotten. The angels taught it to Abraham and after his death it was forgotten again. So the angels taught it to Moses.

Considering recent events of the last century that makes the Hebrew language more resurrected than the only fools and horses sit com?

James Christian

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