03-20-2004, 08:23 PM
[quote="Paul Younan"]Shlama Akhi bar-Khela,
How could Hebrew exist before the first Hebrew? (Isaac)?
Hebrew could not have existed before Isaac
How could Arabic exist before the first Arab? (Ishmael)?
Arabic could not have existed before the first Arab
Akhi - how could Greek exist before the first Greek? English before the first Englishman?
Impossible
I do see where you're getting at. Hebrew and Arabic (sisters) had one noble ancestor. But I am not convinced that it was Aramaic. I hypothesize that Aramaic is an older sister who tutored her sisters in the ways before her own--the ways of their father, Akkadian.[/b]
How could Hebrew exist before the first Hebrew? (Isaac)?
Hebrew could not have existed before Isaac
How could Arabic exist before the first Arab? (Ishmael)?
Arabic could not have existed before the first Arab
Akhi - how could Greek exist before the first Greek? English before the first Englishman?
Impossible
I do see where you're getting at. Hebrew and Arabic (sisters) had one noble ancestor. But I am not convinced that it was Aramaic. I hypothesize that Aramaic is an older sister who tutored her sisters in the ways before her own--the ways of their father, Akkadian.[/b]
???Do not give up, for that is ignorance and not according to the rules of this art... Like the lover, you cannot hope to achieve success without infinite perseverance.???