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Jim wrote: I believe that the famous Qeiyafa Ostracon
may give us a pretty definitive answer to that question. So I would like
to turn now to taking a quick look at the first alphabetical writing that some
scholars have called Hebrew, in order to ask whether alphabetical writing was
a reasonable alternative to using cuneiform, if the first written version of the
Patriarchal narratives was recorded in writing in the mid-14th century
BCE.
Ishinan: Unfortunately, this a dead-end path for
your suggestion above. As I recall, Christopher
Rollston* disputes the claim that the language is Hebrew, arguing that the
words alleged to be indicative of Hebrew either appear in other languages or
don't actually appear in the inscription.
* see:Rollston, Christopher, "The Khirbet
Qeiyafa Ostracon:
Methodological Musings and Caveats". Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, (June 2011)." Best regards
Ishinan Ishibashi
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