“A comparative study will lead to the conclusion that the Phoenician, Aramaic and Greek alphabets were developed from one original.” — James John Courtenay Education Copy Share Image
“In many cases the vowel-letters are omitted in Palmyrene where they are found in Hebrew.” — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“The Galilean Aramaic pronunciation of שׁ was שׂ, or rather ס as the Ephraimite or Samaritan.” — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“The Cyprus inscription "Ba'al Lebanon" dates from the viii cent. B.C. and is the oldest specimen of Phoenician writing down.” — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“The Bible of Jesus of Nazareth, for instance, was Semitic, the earliest utterances and traditions of the Gospel were Semitic.” — James John Courtenay Bible Copy Share Image
“There is no clear connexion between Arabia and the primitive Semitic element in Babylonia.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“For the understanding of primitive Semitic vowel-sounds a study of Arabic is almost indispensable.” — James John Courtenay Education Copy Share Image
“There was probably a larger admixture of Greek in Galilee than in any other Palestinian province.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“... as in the case of the old Parthian kings, who took Iranian names and governed in the Iranian language, but who… — James John Courtenay Israel Copy Share Image
“The Zenjirli inscriptions supply far more suggestive criteria, and show how cautious we must be in coming to conclusions respecting the unity… — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“The picture-writing of the Greeks in the pre-Homeric age was derived from a Semitic source, circa second millennium B.C., the type of… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“Samaritan Targum ... maybe compared with the Aramaic of the Jerusalem Talmud and with the Palestinian Syriac. On the whole it was… — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“There is some evidence that the Canaanites lived together with the Babylonians for a longer period than did the Aramaeans ... It… — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“It is doubtful whether the vernacular of Palestine admitted any Greek element prior to the Christian era. Even in the Greek form… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“The translators of the LXX did not attempt to find a Greek word to correspond in sense with every Hebrew word or… — James John Courtenay Translators Copy Share Image
“Antioch was largely a Greek city, but Greek was not the language of Syria. It is quite unwarrantable to argue from the… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“For the character of Aramaic between the Exile and the Christian era we are indebted more to inscriptions than other writings.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“In Hebrew and Aramaic the vowels have undergone vast modifications, whilst in Arabic they have retained to a large extent their primitive… — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“The likeness of Palmyrene to Biblical Aramaic are quite pronounced, and show that the two forms are essentially one.” — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“In its classical form Arabic is of later date than Hebrew, but in its ancient form akin to Hebrew and Aramaic, certainly… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“The absence of the article and the use of the status emphaticus are signs of the suppression of Phoenician and the advancement… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“The relation of Moabite to Hebrew was so close that no distinction of language must be conjectured” — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“When out of their native province, the Galilaeans sometimes so blended or divided words as to render them unintelligible.” — James John Courtenay Language Copy Share Image
“The later writings of the Old Testament were composed in a degenerate type of Hebrew, often made more difficult by the introduction… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“It is found that the Egyptian language has an appreciable admixture of Semitic, which was derived ultimately from Arabia.” — James John Courtenay Egyptian Copy Share Image
“The best remnants of Judaean Aramaic are found in Ezra, Daniel and the Palestinian Targums.” — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“Mandaean ... letter-forms resemble the older Syriac ... Estrangelo character ... considerably coloured by Arabic ... likeness to Nabataean and the Babylonian Talmud.” — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“... was considered corrupt and barbarous. The cultivated sense of the metropolitan Jew was often offended by the rough and ready speech… — James John Courtenay Communication Copy Share Image
“The scientific element failed the Hebrew author completely ... the grammar is confused and the syntax unique and irregular.” — James John Courtenay Books Copy Share Image
“The differences in the physical and mental states of mankind are to be regarded rather as differences of development than of origin.” — James John Courtenay Growth Copy Share Image
“The Phoenician extends from the v cent B.C. to i cent. B.C ... The Aramaic extends from the viii cent. B.C. to… — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“Aramaic spoken in 500 B.C. from Babylon in the north to Assuan in the south of Egypt was identical with what has… — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“The Hebrew tribes no doubt moved out of Arabia with some of the earlier migrations from the great Semitic reservoir.” — James John Courtenay Judaism Copy Share Image
“It is most probable that the Israelitish period in Egypt came within the Hyksos Dynasty.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“The original language of the descendants of Abraham was not Aramaic, which was changed to Hebrew when the tribes of Israel entered… — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“The Hebrew inscriptions are practically all pre-exilic, and do not shed much light on the language of Palestine after the Captivity.” — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“The influence of Arabic on the language of Palestine was mainly in vocabulary. Thus is seen to some extent in the text… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“The Palestinian Aramaic in general is not to be distinguished from the Aramaic portions of Daniel, Ezra and the Targums in their… — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“Assyrian and Aramaic had long separate histories before the time of Nebuchadrezzar. But evidence shows that these languages came into contact with… — James John Courtenay Hebrew Copy Share Image
“When Aramaeans became Christians, their name was often confounded with 'heathen', hence they called their land by the Greek name 'Syria', themselves… — James John Courtenay Christianity Copy Share Image
