From: Simon Montagu (smontagu@smontagu.org)
Date: Mon May 03 2004 - 18:20:36 CDT
Patrick Andries wrote:
> Is there a lot of Paleo-Hebrew texts out there ? Encoded with the
> Hebrew block ? If not this maybe a red herring
As far as I know, there are very few surviving Paleo-Hebrew texts in any
form, but googling for the first words of those I know of produces at
least one hit in each case:
The Siloam inscription:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22%D7%95%D7%96%D7%94+%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94+%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8+%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%94%22
The Lachish ostraca:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22%D7%90%D7%9C+%D7%90%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99+%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A9%22
The Gezer calendar:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%95+%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A3%22
> A clear guideline for Paleo-Hebrew would be welcome I think : is the
> Phoenician block the preferred way to encode Paleo-Hebrew or the
> Hebrew block(*) ? I don't see the advantage of not answering the
> question and encoding Hebrew texts (not transcribing Paleo-Hebrew
> texts) in two different fashions, this will make searching and
> analysis of these texts more complicated.
An excellent point IMHO.
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