Scribal Practices

Pretty interesting story - who knows if the carvings are modern?

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Courtesy of the awilum.com blog by Charles Halton. Follow the link.

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Well …  that’s what I’m guessing with the nonsensical reference in this article to “ancient Sumerian SCROLLS” (the Sumerians didn’t write on scrolls).  Let imprecision reign.

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I’ll be back tonight from vacation. I was (literally) in one of the most unwired places in the US (only dial-up, and even that was rare).  Thought I was ready for that, but my pre-planning went awry. It was like a Dilbert cartoon!

I’ll be posting and answering comments starting tomorrow!

Mike

Just a note - I’m on vacation with limited online access.  I’m sure I’ll fall behind on posts and comments.  Back July 2.

I’ve made four more short videos for learning Aramaic. They are:

• Aramaic vowels (vowel “points”)
• Other pointing marks and their meaning
• Daghesh rules
• Aramaic consonant notes

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The PowerPoint files below are also posted in the PowerPoint archive. For the required font, see the first Aramaic PowerPoint post (alphabet) or the PowerPoint archive.

• Aramaic vowels (vowel pointing)
• Aramaic (other pointings)
• Aramaic daghesh points
• Aramaic other consonant extras

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The PowerPoint files below correspond to the Hebrew videos recently uploaded.  They are also posted in the archive.  For the required font, see the first Hebrew PowerPoint post (alphabet) or the PowerPoint archive.

• Hebrew vowels (vowel pointing)
• Hebrew (other pointings)
• Hebrew daghesh points
• Hebrew other consonant extras

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I’ve made four more short videos for learning biblical Hebrew.  They are:

• Hebrew vowels (vowel “points”)
• Other pointing marks and their meaning
• Daghesh rules
• Hebrew consonant notes

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You can click on the link to start the video–no fonts needed! Just use the pause, back, and play buttons to learn the alphabets. NO AUDIO.

• Aramaic alphabet in order
• Aramaic alphabet mixed
• Ugaritic alphabet in order
• Ugaritic alphabet mixed
• Egyptian pseudo-alphabet in order
• Egyptian pseudo-alphabet mixed

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