Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

Appendix C – History of the Hebrew Script
Appendix C - History of the
Hebrew Script
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The following are twenty-four tables (two for each letter)
documenting the history of each letter. The first table for
each letter lists all the various forms of the letter as found
in ancient documents and inscriptions portraying the
2,000 year evolution of each letter through its journeys
from one culture to the next.
Since one of the primary purposes of this book is to assist
the student of Hebrew with learning the ancient Hebrew
language and alphabet, the second table is the evolution of
each letter from its original pictograph to five modern
alphabets. The evolution of each letter will enable the
student to more easily recognize the ancient letters by
their association with English as well as modern Hebrew,
Greek, Arabic and Samaritan (for those familiar with
these alphabets).
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