Judaism Quote by John Courtenay James

“The geographical and historical facts of Hebrew place it within the Northwest Semitic group of languages.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“The original language of the descendants of Abraham was not Aramaic, which was changed to Hebrew when the tribes of Israel entered Canaan.”

— James John Courtenay

“We should expect nothing less from the language that was originally given by God, to His human family. Hebrew was the method that God…

— Michael Ben Zehabe

“It is found that Assyrian and Canaanite have certain terms in common, which are not found in other Semitic languages.”

— John Courtenay James

“The name Hamito-Semitic, derived from the Bible, is deliberately vague.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“The Israelite tribes that settled in Canaan from the fourteenth to thirteenth centuries BCE, regardless of what their language might have been before they…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

All is made clear,regarding Abraham and Sarah's traversal into Egypt, when we realize what biblicists meant by the term "Egypt." As Ralph Ellis so…

— Michael Tsarion

“The Hebrew tribes no doubt moved out of Arabia with some of the earlier migrations from the great Semitic reservoir.”

— James John Courtenay

“If the argument is, I speak English therefore I use an English name for the one I worship, then please provide the English name…

— Yahweh's Restoration Ministry

“But the Semitic names did possess meaning in Semitic languages: they were the words for familiar objects (’aleph = ox, beth = house, gimel…

— Jared Diamond

“This is what the Lord says— he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be…

— Scotty Smith

“When Israel came out of Egypt, 1 the house of Jacob from a barbarous-tongued folk, Judah became His sanctuary, 2 Israel His dominion. 3…

— Robert Alter