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The history of the Phoenician writing system by Carolyn Henry The Proto-Canaanite alphabet had been in use from around 1700 BC in the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean, in what is today Lebanon, Syria and Israel. By around 1200 BC, this writing system had evolved smoothly into a new form which scholar... More> Hebrew letters explained - (Alef) by Ophir Lehavy Busel BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FIRST LETTER The letter 'alef' is the first in the Hebrew alphabet, a Semitic language closely linked to the language of the ancient Canaanites and to Arabic and Aramaic. The connection between these early scripts is evidenced b... More>
	Difference between Yiddish and Hebrew by Patrick Stephen Baker Difference between Yiddish and Hebrew These languages are closely connected to the Jewish people and to the Jewish religion. However they are very different languages with very different histories and stories of development. Yiddish is High Ge... More> Learn Hebrew by Maurice Sassoon Hebrew is the language in which all of the old Testament in the Bible was written. It was the language of the Jewish people after their exodus from Egypt where they were in bondage and their subsequent settlement in the land of Canaan on the eastern... More>
Greek vs Hebrew: Which language is more essential for Bible study? by Risa Wolf Both Hebrew and Greek are essential to study of the Bible. The choice is not one language versus the other. The choice is which essential language in studying the Bible to learn first: Greek or Hebrew? For a number of reasons, contextual and pract... More> A brief history of the Greek alphabet by Gillian Taber The Greek alphabet, which retains a lot of its original characters, is thought to have been with us since at least the 8th century BC. It is likely that the Greek alphabet was partially formed via adoptions from the Phoenician alphabet. Inscriptions... More>
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