[aristeides]

Aren't the earliest surviving Hebrew texts written in an alphabet that is essentially indistinguishable from the alphabet used by the Phoenicians? Wouldn't Phoenicians have been more likely to sail to America? (Of course, your average Phoenician might not have known about the Ten Commandments -- I suppose one or more Hebrews could have been on the crew of a Phoenician ship.)

[blam]

Was America A Phoenician Colony?