An example of ancient Hebrew script...a derivation of proto-Canaanite
Posted on 04/09/2011 7:16:28 AM PDT by Pharmboy
An example of ancient Hebrew script...a derivation of proto-Canaanite
During the years I've been researching [My name is Reuven; An English teacher by profession, I...possess an insatiable desire to research anything pertaining to my Jewish roots. Born [and] raised in New York City, I have been an Israeli citizen for more than 30 years, and reside in the charming Galilian town of Karmiel] the Hebrew language and alphabet, I've been astounded to discover that the overwhelming majority of Jews and Christians - even observant ones - have been unaware of the existance of the original ancient Hebrew alphabet, the script in which the Ten Commandments were engraved and the first Torah scrolls were written.
It was the script which served the Israelites from the time of the Forefathers up till the Babylonian Exile. It is my intention, then, by means of this site, to convey basic information about this vital aspect of the Judeo-Christian heritage.
When and why did the Aramaic/Assyrian script replace the Ancient Hebrew script?
Towards the end of the First Temple Period, the Aramaic language had become the lingua franca of what today is the Mideast. Israelites were still using the ancient alphabet, but beginning to speak Aramaic. The minority of Jews who were exiled during the Babylonian Captivity must have found writing in the Aramaic script expedient for managing their daily lives, so by the time they were granted permission to return to their homeland and rebuild the Temple, they were thoroughly immersed in that script, and even may have forgotten their original alphabet. The majority of Israelites, who were never exiled but were ruled by a puppet government, undoubtedly retained their original script, although by then they were all speaking Aramaic and transliterating their spoken Hebrew into Aramaic letters.
(Excerpt) Read more at hebrew-roots-project.com ...
Thanks for the post.
FWIW,...
I personally believe otherwise.
Hebrew has been described as the flaming language.
It’s origins also came from the Aramaic as recorded by humans.
About a decade ago I had dreams in Hebrew, then in Ancient Aramaic, first a few characters, but I did not know the alphabet. I didn’t recognize them from my studies, but could recall them when awake, and researched various alphabets for similarities, when I discovered their roots in Hebrew and later in Ancient Arabic scripts.
IMHO, their original source were are a written form of communication which probably was engraved by Hebrew Prophets, i.e. those who were to communicate from God to man, from spiritual experience.
In later dreams, I would be shown some Hebrew word and immediately would understand its meaning in my heart. I associate this with how God the Holy Spirit may manifest His work to glorify the Son in communicating directly to our human spirit, which may then be used to sanctify our soul, and when processed by our recall of other sanctified doctrine rejuvenates and sanctifies our heart.
I do not know all their meanings, but even each character is associated or identifiable with a meaning.
I’m intrigued by their study, but more importantly, we are to remain in fellowship with Him, so that He grows us as He wills, to be at the right time, in the right place, to perform according to His will, through faith in what He provides.
God Bless.
Interesting article and responses.
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The Persian language has been written with a number of different scripts, including the Old Persian Cuneiform, Pahlavi, Aramaic, and Avestan, Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. After the Islamic conquest of the Persian Sassanian Empire in 642 AD, Arabic became the language of government, culture and especially religion.
Just to follow up: do the Iranians also use the Arabic alphabet?
Modern Persian appeared during the 9th century. It is written in a version of the Arabic script and is full of words of Arabic origin. There are also two methods of writing Persian with the Latin alphabet.
Under Mongolian and Turkish rulers, Persian was adopted as the language of government in Turkey, central Asia and India, where it was used for centuries, and until after 1900 in Kashmir.
Persian is a member of the Iranian branch of Indo-European languages spoken by about 130 million people, mainly in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. There are also significiant numbers of speakers in many other countries, including Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Turkey, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Israel, Turkmenistan, Oman, Yemen, the UAE and the USA.
You say:
“It’s origins also came from the Aramaic as recorded by humans.”
I’d like to know which humans recorded this. What you personally believe is your complete right, but historical, linguistic and calligraphic research does not back you up. Facts are facts!
Thanks for your welcome; a pleasure to participate!
You are probably correct. The Catholic Encyclopedia suggests that their liturgy is normally performed in Syriac, but that many priests say it in Arabic.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09683c.htm
“The Maronite is a Syrian Rite, Syriac being the liturgical language, though the Gospel is read in Arabic for the benefit of the people. Many of the priests, who are not sufficiently learned to perform the Liturgy in Syriac, use Arabic instead, but Arabic written in Syriac characters (Karshuni). The liturgy is of the Syrian type, i.e., the liturgy of St. James, but much disfigured by attempts to adapt it to Roman usages.”
You are a tireless disseminator of truth and light...and I think I speak for many in occasionally thanking you for helping to broaden our horizons.
Thank you for answering my question so completely and adding to the value of this thread.
One fact is that Hebrew and Aramaic is also a spiritual language.
What’s worse, the ancient coffee has been replaced with Folgers crystals.
Thank you. All the information is very appreciated.
Thanks for a very interesting post!
My pleasure...I guess we both have interests beyond the RevWar!
The Germanic languages (German, English, Dutch, Afrikaans, etc) and the Romance (French, Spanish, Italian, etc) languages all use the Latin alphabet. The Russians use Cyrillic, which is a conglomeration of Greek letters, Latin letters, and Latin numbers. St. Cryil (or, more likely his followers) had to invent an alphabet, so they just kinda used whatever they felt like. That's why there are words in Cyrillic comprised entirely of latin letters, but pronounced completely differently.
For instance, in the Latin alphabet, we'd spell the name of the river that runs through Moscow as "Moskva." The Russians would spell it "Mockba," yet we both pronounce it the same way.
I’m interested in darn near any history. :-))
Fascinating! Thanks for the ping!
It’s ironic, because I’m a notorious liar. ;’)
Wow, what Pharmboy said.
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