Jeff A. Benner | A History of Hebrew Part 5: Old Hebrew and Phoenician @ancienthebreworg | Uploaded July 2009 | Updated October 2024, 29 minutes ago.
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While Prideaux noted that the Old Hebrew alphabet was the same as the Samaritan alphabet, he also pointed out that it is identical to the Phoenician alphabet. When we compare the letters of these three alphabets, we can see this similarity.
The 1831 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana also makes this connection between the Phoenician, Samaritan and Hebrew alphabets. "[the Hebrews] written characters were the same as the Phoenician, to which the letters of the Samaritan manuscripts approach the nearest." --Encyclopedia Americana, Hebrew Language and Literature, Pub. 1831, Page 212
The Phonecians were a Canaanite people who lived north of the land of Israel centered around the Biblical cities of Sidon and Tyre, in modern day Lebanon, between the 16th and 3rd Century BC. These three peoples, the Phoenicians, Samaritans and Hebrews, are Shemites, descendents of Noah's son Shem. Not only do they all share the same ethnic heritage but, they all share the same alphabet.
It was also evident that they all shared the same language as the "Foreign Quarterly Review" wrote in its 1838 publication; "The learned world had almost universally allowed that the Phoenician language was, with few exceptions, identical with the Hebrew" --The Foreign quarterly review, Phoenician Inscriptions, Pub. 1838, Page 446
While the origins of the Old Hebrew alphabet was widely accepted, this theory was based on a limited amount of evidence as the "Foreign quarterly review" points out; "What is left [of Phoenician] consists of a few inscriptions and coins" --The Foreign quarterly review, Phoenician Inscriptions, Pub. 1838, page 445
However, In the latter half of the 19th century and into the 21st century, many new discoveries were made that would cement this theory in place.
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Credits
Narrator: Jeff A. Benner
Graphics: Jeff A. Benner
Footooge: Nova
Photos: Elie Plus
A History of Hebrew DVD available through Amazon.Com - amazon.com/History-Hebrew-Its-Language-Philosophy/dp/1621370593
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This is a segment of a much larger video production that I am working on and am looking for feedback (positive and negative) on the layout and content.
----------------------
While Prideaux noted that the Old Hebrew alphabet was the same as the Samaritan alphabet, he also pointed out that it is identical to the Phoenician alphabet. When we compare the letters of these three alphabets, we can see this similarity.
The 1831 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana also makes this connection between the Phoenician, Samaritan and Hebrew alphabets. "[the Hebrews] written characters were the same as the Phoenician, to which the letters of the Samaritan manuscripts approach the nearest." --Encyclopedia Americana, Hebrew Language and Literature, Pub. 1831, Page 212
The Phonecians were a Canaanite people who lived north of the land of Israel centered around the Biblical cities of Sidon and Tyre, in modern day Lebanon, between the 16th and 3rd Century BC. These three peoples, the Phoenicians, Samaritans and Hebrews, are Shemites, descendents of Noah's son Shem. Not only do they all share the same ethnic heritage but, they all share the same alphabet.
It was also evident that they all shared the same language as the "Foreign Quarterly Review" wrote in its 1838 publication; "The learned world had almost universally allowed that the Phoenician language was, with few exceptions, identical with the Hebrew" --The Foreign quarterly review, Phoenician Inscriptions, Pub. 1838, Page 446
While the origins of the Old Hebrew alphabet was widely accepted, this theory was based on a limited amount of evidence as the "Foreign quarterly review" points out; "What is left [of Phoenician] consists of a few inscriptions and coins" --The Foreign quarterly review, Phoenician Inscriptions, Pub. 1838, page 445
However, In the latter half of the 19th century and into the 21st century, many new discoveries were made that would cement this theory in place.
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Credits
Narrator: Jeff A. Benner
Graphics: Jeff A. Benner
Footooge: Nova
Photos: Elie Plus
