Judaism Quote by James John Courtenay

““If the Jews were Hellenized, it must be remembered that the Greeks were Aramaized.””

James John Courtenay

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“The Arabic language has had a great history, and in many respects is more remarkable than any other Semitic speech.”

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“There was probably a larger admixture of Greek in Galilee than in any other Palestinian province.”

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“The Samaritans were conservative in the matter of script, preserving the Phoenician type after Judaea and Galilee had accepted the Aramaic character.”

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“There is some evidence that the Canaanites lived together with the Babylonians for a longer period than did the Aramaeans ... It is found…

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“In its classical form Arabic is of later date than Hebrew, but in its ancient form akin to Hebrew and Aramaic, certainly as old,…

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“The descendants of Joktan dwelt from Mesha to Sephar.”

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“It is doubtful whether the vernacular of Palestine admitted any Greek element prior to the Christian era. Even in the Greek form of the…

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“When Aramaeans became Christians, their name was often confounded with 'heathen', hence they called their land by the Greek name 'Syria', themselves by the…

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“The books of the Old Testament, as we know them, do not represent the language of Palestine as spoken at any one time or…

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“Mandaean ... letter-forms resemble the older Syriac ... Estrangelo character ... considerably coloured by Arabic ... likeness to Nabataean and the Babylonian Talmud.”

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“The Galilean Aramaic pronunciation of שׁ was שׂ, or rather ס as the Ephraimite or Samaritan.”

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“With the progress of the Greek arms cam the decline of the Greek language.”

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