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The Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, also known as Northwest Semitic inscriptions, are the primary extra-Biblical source for understanding of the society and history of the ancient Phoenicians, Hebrews and Arameans.
Apr 5, 2024 · The Aramaic language constitutes the eastern branch of the Northwest Semitic language family. Its closest relatives are the Canaanite dialects in the western branch of the family, such as Hebrew, Phoenician, and Moabite. Its place of origin is the expansive region known in antiquity as Aram, which extends from southwestern Syria all the way to ...
Canaanite inscriptions, a group of 11 inscriptions recovered from bowls and other utensils found in several archaeological sites in Palestine dating from approximately the 16th to 13th century bc. Because they have not as yet been satisfactorily deciphered, it is unclear whether or not the writing.
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The antiquity of the Hebrew Bible underscores the importance of archaeology to provide cultural contexts for the often-forgotten empires and traditions it references, but inscriptions provide equally important cultural contexts for the New Testament.
Jul 24, 2022 · This Jerusalem Proto-Canaanite inscription precedes the development of the Paleo-Hebrew script, which was used by the Israelites until the Babylonians destroyed the First Temple in 586 B.C.E. When the Judean exiles returned from Babylon, they brought back the square Aramaic script, which ultimately replaced the Paleo-Hebrew script.
Jun 25, 2023 · The oldest Canaanite sentence has been discovered at the site of Tel Lachish, according to an article published in the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology. The inscription, carved into an ivory comb, dates to around 1700 BCE, only a century after most scholars believe the alphabet was invented.
Sep 22, 2009 · The principal feature defining Canaanite is the so-called Canaanite shift, that is, Proto-Semitic * ā realized as ō (e.g., Hebrew ṭōb “good” corresponds to Aramaic ṭāb). For the Canaanite of the second millennium BC, there are two primary sources: (i) the texts written in Akkadian, the lingua franca of the time, by Canaanite scribes ...
