“Jacob-el was a place-name in Palestine according to an inscription.” — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
“the Nabataeans were real Arabs .. there is substantial agreement of Biblical Aramaic with Nabataean, both in words and construction.” — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
“That offerings were made by individuals to local deities is proved by an Egyptian Aramaean inscription.” — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
“Ancient Arabic may naturally be regarded as the chief source of the Hebrew language.” — John Courtenay James Judaism Copy Share Image
“The native language of Babylonia-Assyria did no doubt influence the language of Canaan, but chiefly through Phoenician script. The language found on… — John Courtenay James Native language Copy Share Image
“The 'square' character (of the Hebrew language) indeed seems to have arisen out of the Palmyrene script .. No doubt Aramaic was… — John Courtenay James Judaism Copy Share Image
“some differences between LXX and the MT. are more frequently to be attributed to defective writing, to ignorance on the part of… — John Courtenay James Writing Copy Share Image
“In general it must be concluded that the accentuation of the Palestinian Aramaic (derived from Aramaic of Babylonia) was the same as… — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
“In the Egyptian papyri the 'Jews' are frequently called 'Aramaeans'.” — John Courtenay James Judaism Copy Share Image
“Relatively the Canaanites were a cultured and active people, as Egyptian and other literary remains prove. From them the Israelites probably gained… — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
“It is found that Assyrian and Canaanite have certain terms in common, which are not found in other Semitic languages.” — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
“While it is to be admitted that the chief source of the Canaanite languages (including Hebrew) was early Arabic, other elements came… — John Courtenay James Judaism Copy Share Image
“Other divine names not peculiar to the Hebrew people is Shaddai.” — John Courtenay James Judaism Copy Share Image
“Hebrew was originally the name of some trans-Euphrates clans, and became general name for the confederate tribes after they crossed the Jordan.… — John Courtenay James Judaism Copy Share Image
“The section of Aramaeans that pressed its way from the Euphrates southward, and drove the Edomites out of Petra, was afterwards known… — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
“Religion has been the larger contributor to nationality. It can be shown historically that kindred languages have not been sufficient to hold… — John Courtenay James Religion Copy Share Image
“The general conclusion .. many terms and ideas, which at one time were regarded as exclusively Biblical, are found to belong to… — John Courtenay James Investing Copy Share Image
“Except on the tablets of Tell el-Amarna, the word 'Hebrews' has not been found in the early monuments of the east. This… — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
