Monthly Archives: January 2008
Hebrew Amongst the Semitic Languages
Like many middle-eastern languages, Hebrew is a member of the family known as the Semitic languages. This name follows the biblical description of the post-deluvian divide between the sons of Noa – Shem, Ham and Japheth, who divided according to their nations and languages. The acknowledgement of this fact and the investigation of the languages [...]
Biblical History – The Story of the Babylon Exile
The patriarchal age is one of great importance for the people of Israel: it begins with Abraham’s journey, a daring voyage to a strange land led by faith in a then new, single God, who said unto him: “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will [...]
Biblical Historical Geography – The City of Hebron
Hebron (also known as Kiryat Arba or Mamreh) is a city of a rich biblical history going back to the era of the Patriarchs. When Abraham arrived in Canaan, one of the places in which he settled was the Hebron area, which he sanctified by building an altar to YHWH: “And Abraham moved his tent [...]
Alphabet Writing – From Proto-Semitic to the Latin Script
From the dawn of human culture, people had the need to mark property and correspond. The first method of doing so was by symbols-pictures representing different people and ideas. It was from this primary form of corresponding ideas by drawings that all the known forms of writing later developed, initially for administrative needs. The three [...]
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