Scribal Practices

Well …  that’s what I’m guessing with the nonsensical reference in this article to “ancient Sumerian SCROLLS” (the Sumerians didn’t write on scrolls).  Let imprecision reign.

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I’ll be back tonight from vacation. I was (literally) in one of the most unwired places in the US (only dial-up, and even that was rare).  Thought I was ready for that, but my pre-planning went awry. It was like a Dilbert cartoon!

I’ll be posting and answering comments starting tomorrow!

Mike

Just a note - I’m on vacation with limited online access.  I’m sure I’ll fall behind on posts and comments.  Back July 2.

I’ve made four more short videos for learning Aramaic. They are:

• Aramaic vowels (vowel “points”)
• Other pointing marks and their meaning
• Daghesh rules
• Aramaic consonant notes

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The PowerPoint files below are also posted in the PowerPoint archive. For the required font, see the first Aramaic PowerPoint post (alphabet) or the PowerPoint archive.

• Aramaic vowels (vowel pointing)
• Aramaic (other pointings)
• Aramaic daghesh points
• Aramaic other consonant extras

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The PowerPoint files below correspond to the Hebrew videos recently uploaded.  They are also posted in the archive.  For the required font, see the first Hebrew PowerPoint post (alphabet) or the PowerPoint archive.

• Hebrew vowels (vowel pointing)
• Hebrew (other pointings)
• Hebrew daghesh points
• Hebrew other consonant extras

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I’ve made four more short videos for learning biblical Hebrew.  They are:

• Hebrew vowels (vowel “points”)
• Other pointing marks and their meaning
• Daghesh rules
• Hebrew consonant notes

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You can click on the link to start the video–no fonts needed! Just use the pause, back, and play buttons to learn the alphabets. NO AUDIO.

• Aramaic alphabet in order
• Aramaic alphabet mixed
• Ugaritic alphabet in order
• Ugaritic alphabet mixed
• Egyptian pseudo-alphabet in order
• Egyptian pseudo-alphabet mixed

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I’ve uploaded three videos of the Hebrew alphabet:

• The Hebrew alphabet in order, with audio pronunciation
• The Hebrew alphabet in order, NO AUDIO (use this as an online flashcard program for learning the Hebrew alphabet)
  • Notice the TRANSLITERATIONS [English letter equivalents] of the Hebrew letters - they ought to be memorized. These are present in the video with audio, but I do not mention them.
• The Hebrew alphabet mixed up, NO AUDIO (ditto!)

All three of these videos are of the consonantal alphabet ONLY - PowerPoints and videos of the vowels will follow, as well as final forms of the consonants and other issues connected to learning the Hebrew letters and script.

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Middle Egyptian does not have an alphabet as the basis for most of its words, but utilizes certain characters as “uniliterals” - characters that have a single sound. These characters are referred to as a “pseudo-alphabet,” and it is these characters that most Egyptian grammars list as the “alphabet.” Here are two PowerPoint files for download: the Egyptian pseudo-alphabet in order, and the Egyptian pseudo-alphabet in mixed order.

NOTE: To view these files you must first download the hieroglyphic fonts used to create them (or wait for the video version - no font needed for that).

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