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> [“The inscription of King Mar'alqais , found south of Damascus and dated at 328 CE, is usually said to be the first document in Arabic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/the-inscription-of-king-mar-alqais-found-south-of-damascus-and-dated/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

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## More by Angel Sáenz-Badillos

> [“There have been various attempts to reconstruct the vocalization and pronunciation of classical biblical Hebrew, which certainly differs considerably from that established by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/there-have-been-various-attempts-to-reconstruct-the-vocalization-and/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“... before the tenth century Hebrew writing, like Phoenician, was purely consonantal, and it was halfway though the ninth century BCE, under the influence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/before-the-tenth-century-hebrew-writing-like-phoenician-was-purely/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“The formation of a unified standard (biblical) text probably also involved the elimination of terms and structures that were too archaic to be understood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/the-formation-of-a-unified-standard-biblical-text-probably-also/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“The number of vowel phonemes varies according to the different Masoretic traditions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/the-number-of-vowel-phonemes-varies-according-to-the-different/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“Over a quarter of the words in the Bible appear just once, and of these no less than 289 belong to roots used only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/over-a-quarter-of-the-words-in-the-bible-appear-just-once-and-of/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“The language of archaic biblical poetry has obvious connexions with the poetry of the Canaanite north.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/the-language-of-archaic-biblical-poetry-has-obvious-connexions-with/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“Phoenician writing is a continuation of the Proto-Canaanite system, and from these developed the Palaeo-Hebrew script (c. 800 BCE) and the Aramaic script (c.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/phoenician-writing-is-a-continuation-of-the-proto-canaanite-system/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“The prevailing hypothesis continues to be that the Palestinian tradition is earlier than the Tiberian, although, under the influence of the latter, it developed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/the-prevailing-hypothesis-continues-to-be-that-the-palestinian/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“Expressions used almost exclusively in poetry ... tend to be concentrated in the oldest biblical texts. Generally, it may be said that these items…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/expressions-used-almost-exclusively-in-poetry-tend-to-be-concentrated/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“... Ugarit ... in contrast to later Canaanite languages, there is no article.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/ugarit-in-contrast-to-later-canaanite-languages-there-is-no-article/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“The nature of the data we possess suggests we value each and every tradition rather than creating a dichotomy between the normative tradition and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/the-nature-of-the-data-we-possess-suggests-we-value-each-and-every/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“According to Paul Kahle's well-known thesis, the Masoretic, especially the Tiberian, system of punctuation is not simply a representation of how Hebrew was actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/according-to-paul-kahle-s-well-known-thesis-the-masoretic-especially/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“According to Bauer, the oldest form of the Semitic verb is the imperfect, which does not indicate 'subjective' or 'objective' time but rather 'every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/according-to-bauer-the-oldest-form-of-the-semitic-verb-is-the/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“Sumerian substratum is obvious not only in the use of a cuneiform system of writing, but also in the weakness of Laryngeal and Pharyngeal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/sumerian-substratum-is-obvious-not-only-in-the-use-of-a-cuneiform/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

> [“The Proto-Semitic phonological system contains perhaps twenty-nine consonantal phonemes, which despite certain modifications have been conserved with great fidelity in languages like Arabic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-s-enz-badillos/the-proto-semitic-phonological-system-contains-perhaps-twenty-nine/)

[Angel Sáenz-Badillos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-s-enz-badillos/)

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