Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet
List of Illustrations
Figure 1 Pre-flood pictograph found in the pre-flood city of Kish...... 6
Figure 2 The scattering of the descendants of Noah's three sons. ..... 9
Figure 3 Ancient Shemitic/ Hebrew pictographic inscription on stone
boulder c. 1500 BCE .............................................................. 10
Figure 4 Ancient Hebrew inscription on potsherd c. 900 BCE ......... 10
Figure 5 Moabite inscription on stone c. 900 BCE .......................... 11
Figure 6 Ammonite inscription on stone c. 900 BCE ..................... 11
Figure 7 Ugarit cuneiform inscription on clay tablet c. 1400 BCE ... 12
Figure 8 Aramaic inscription on stone incense altar c. 500 BCE ...... 12
Figure 9 Aramaic inscription on stone plaque c. 20 CE. .................. 12
Figure 10 Hebrew writings from the Dead Sea Scrolls c. 200 BCE 13
Figure 11 Modern Hebrew script from the Hebrew Bible. ............. 13
Figure 12 Pictographic Hebrew writings from the Dead Sea Scrolls
c. 100 BCE ............................................................................. 13
Figure 13 Samaritan scripts ............................................................ 14
Figure 14 Greek inscription found on bowl c. 800 BCE .................. 15
Figure 15 Greek writing on New Testament papyrus c. 200 CE ...... 15
Figure 16 Egyptian Hieroglyphs from the Book of the Dead c. 1350
BCE ....................................................................................... 15
Figure 17 Sumerian Pictograph on clay tablet c. 3000 BCE ........... 16
Figure 18 Sumerian Cuneiform on clay tablet c. 2500 BCE............. 16
Figure 19 Hebrew root word systems ............................................. 34
Figure 20 The Ancient Hebrew alphabet c. 1000 BCE .................. 48
Figure 21 The Ancient Hebrew alphabet c. 1000 BCE (mirror
image) .................................................................................... 49
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