Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Kevin Riley <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>]

The *alphabets* have a common ancestor.  That is not the same as the 
*languages* being cognate.  As far back as there is reliable evidence, 
Greek and Hebrew are not cognate languages.  In terms of language, if 
there was a 'proto-Canaanite', then it is the mother of Hebrew, 
Phoenician, Moabite, Ammonite, etc, but not of Greek.

Kevin Riley

On 25/11/2010 4:41 AM, fred burlingame wrote:
> affirmative; the common parent = proto-canaanite.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_alphabet
>
> regards,
>
> fred burlingame
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Christopher Kimball<transcriber AT tanach.us
> > wrote:
> > Is Greek usually considered a cognate language of Hebrew?
> >
> > Chris Kimball
> > West Redding, CT
> > USA