“The Arabic language has had a great history, and in many respects is more remarkable than any other Semitic speech.” — James John Courtenay Arabic language 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
“The Samaritans were conservative in the matter of script, preserving the Phoenician type after Judaea and Galilee had accepted the Aramaic character.” — James John Courtenay 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 Judaism 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 Judaism 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
“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
“The books of the Old Testament, as we know them, do not represent the language of Palestine as spoken at any one… — James John Courtenay Bible 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 Copy Share Image
“The Galilean Aramaic pronunciation of שׁ was שׂ, or rather ס as the Ephraimite or Samaritan.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“With the progress of the Greek arms cam the decline of the Greek language.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“The use of 'ל' with imperfect ... the earliest occurrence of this construction found in Aramaean ... 'ל' has clearly a jussive… — 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
“The post-Biblical literature contains many Greek loan-words. On the Hasmonaean coins, Greek is found along with Hebrew legends, while on the Herodian… — James John Courtenay Books Copy Share Image
“But where Moabite differed from Hebrew the difference pointed to Phoenician on the one side and to Arabic on the other, rather… — James John Courtenay Judaism Copy Share Image
“In any Semitic study, Arabic is a most useful adjunct, inasmuch as it often indicates the true significance of words where the… — James John Courtenay Education Copy Share Image
“It has been shown that some institutions, at one time regarded as distinctly 'Jewish', are really Babylonian.” — James John Courtenay Time 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 Copy Share Image
“All the great Semitic migrations had their starting-place in Arabia.” — James John Courtenay Immigration 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
“Galilaean must not be regarded as a later and more degenerate form of Judaean, any more than Aramaic itself must be regarded… — James John Courtenay Judaism Copy Share Image
“The work of the authors of the LXX was not only a translation, it was also a revised version. In all such… — 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 Hebrews were perhaps a secondary offshoot of the 'Canaanite' migration, just as the Abyssinians were a secondary offshoot of the Arabian-Sabaeans.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
