Quote by James John Courtenay Download Open image ““Laban spoke the language which came with that great Semitic migration from Arabia.”” — James John Courtenay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“All the great Semitic migrations had their starting-place in Arabia.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“All Semitic languages are perhaps ultimately traceable to Arabia.” — James John Courtenay 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 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 Copy Share Image
“The Arabic language has had a great history, and in many respects is more remarkable than any other Semitic speech.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“... at no period did Greek become the language of Palestine.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“There is no clear connexion between Arabia and the primitive Semitic element in Babylonia.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“Ancient Arabic may naturally be regarded as the chief source of the Hebrew language.” — John Courtenay James 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 of Old… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“In the passage where Jacob and his descendants ... final break from Laban (Gn 31:47), various writers have seen an allusion to the time… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The Arabic language has had a great history, and in many respects is more remarkable than any other Semitic speech.” — James John Courtenay 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 is found… — James John Courtenay 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 as old,… — James John Courtenay 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 of the… — 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 by the… — James John Courtenay 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 time or… — James John Courtenay 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
