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Hebrew’s 3000-Year Journey: In Search for the World’s Oldest Living Language
When you think about ancient languages that have stood the test of time, Hebrew likely comes to mind. But is Hebrew truly the ...
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Cryptic lost Canaanite language decoded on ‘Rosetta Stone'-like tablets
Two ancient clay tablets unearthed in Iraq have unveiled details of a long-lost Canaanite language closely tied to ancient ...
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The Mystical Power of the Hebrew Letter
When the Babylonians conquered ancient Judah in the 6th century B.C.E., sending many Israelites into exile, Hebrew gradually ceased to be spoken. It became primarily a written language, used in ...
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Oldest most complete Hebrew Bible goes on display in Israel before sale
It is the earliest surviving example of a single manuscript containing all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible with punctuation, vowels, and accents. It will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York ...
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An engraving on an ancient ivory lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in the first alphabet
according to researchers writing in the Hebrew University-affiliated Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology. The inscription in early Canaanite script, made up of 17 letters, reads: "May this tusk root ...