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Ancient Inscribed Slab Brought To Light (Another Rosetta Stone - Three Languages)
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| 4-19-2004
Posted on 04/20/2004 12:18:46 PM PDT by blam
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To: michigander
LOL!
"Doomed" indeed!
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posted on
04/20/2004 1:52:07 PM PDT
by
Redbob
To: michigander
LOL........that's a good one!
To: jpsb
Demotic (popular) is a term for a late form of cursive writing used from the 15th Dynasty on (c. 1674-1567 B.C.), also called Enchorial (native)...it is a simplified version of Hieratic. The names are of Greek origin.
The word "demotic" is also used in other senses, as for the more popular form of modern Greek (as opposed to katharevousa, the "purified" or more old-fashioned form of the modern language).
To: curmudgeonII
Right, the Behistun inscription engraved on behalf of King Darius I of Persia has three kinds of writing--Old Persian, Babylonian, and Elamite, all in cuneiform...a more difficult task to decipher since none of the three versions was known (unlike the Rosetta Stone where the Greek text could be read immediately).
To: afraidfortherepublic
"Thanks for the interesting post. Perhaps you can answer a question I have (since seeing The Passion) that I have not been able to figure out. Jesus and his followers spoke Aramaic. Who spoke Hebrew in those days? Was Hebrew used only by the priests and Aramaic by the common people? I think the Torah was written in Hebrew, but I'm not altogether sure. In all of your reading, have you ever come across the answers to this question?" Sorry, I can't answer any of that.
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posted on
04/20/2004 2:43:38 PM PDT
by
blam
To: michigander
Thats pretty funny! lol!
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posted on
04/20/2004 2:49:48 PM PDT
by
Delbert
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posted on
04/20/2004 7:24:34 PM PDT
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: John H K
Yeah, I was relieved to see it was Greek, Denotic, and Hieroglyphs instead of Greek, Denotic, and Goa'uld.I almost fell out of my chair. You, sir, owe me a new keyboard.
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posted on
04/20/2004 7:38:52 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(The Great Experiment is over.)
To: blam
All of the Hebrew Scriptures, including the Torah, are written in Hebrew, except for portions of the book of Daniel which are in Aramaic.
The Hebrew Scriptures are the same books as the Protestant canon of the Old Testament.
Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians also include in the Old Testament some additional books which are preserved in Greek only (although in at least one case the book was originally written in Hebrew, namely Sirach or Ecclesiasticus). There are also some additions to Daniel which are in Greek only, including the story of Susannah and the elders.
To: blam
Kerry can translate it for you all. He speaks DEMOTIC!
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posted on
04/26/2004 5:19:08 AM PDT
by
Henchman
(I Hench, therefore I am!)
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