The Associated Press: Have Israeli archaeologists found world's oldest Hebrew inscription?
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Title:Rob AA I`m afraid you`re wrong.
Name:Michael
City: UKState:
"The Hebrew language used different alphabets over its long existence and development.
But your ignorance and hate are too obvious."

I`m afraid you`re wrong on almost all counts. The different alphabets used for Hebrew aren`t different. They`re developments of each other. The modern Jewish square L, for instance, is still recognisably the same letter as in Phoenician L. Also, it`s not just about the letters. Hebrew is very closely linked to other old local semitic lanaguages like Phoenician.

Also, why do you have to drag questions of hatred into this? Pathetic that you can`t disagree with someone without accusing them of hatred. Grow up.

I happen to have spent time studying the transition from real history to oral history and how it changes and develops.

As a person who grew up in a Christian context, the question of how Israel and the Jewish religion came into being is also relevant to me. There`s no law against a non-Jew speculating about Jewish history.