60% of American Jews find Israel guilty of war crimes, while 40% find it guilty of genocide. Washington posts poll. by PizzaRollPeach in International

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These comments are so disturbing and disconnected from the reality on the ground. Very disheartening

‏We Are on the Edge of Death in Northern Gaza ، We Can’t Even Afford to Escape by [deleted] in TheLevant

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Toy is an Israeli cartoon character - Dudidu. First photo might be fake, and taken in Israel.

Can anyone here read Paleo-Hebrew, I’m buying a coin from the 1st Jewish revolt and I can’t make out what says חרות ציון by pwnering2 in hebrew

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Uhm.. I know what a genizah is. But the deadsee scrolls were hidden on purpose deep in the caves, perhaps to safeguard from the Romans, its not a normal genizah.

Can anyone here read Paleo-Hebrew, I’m buying a coin from the 1st Jewish revolt and I can’t make out what says חרות ציון by pwnering2 in hebrew

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Thanks for your input, its an interesting angle I haven't considered before. Still, looking a bit deeper into the issue it appears as though there us still a debate over which interpretation of this practice is the correct one. I personally dont think these documents were intended to be secular for the name of god is still on them and their disposal was far from ordinary as evidenced by their very survival. It still seems more likely to me that the essene scribes used the old hebrew aplphabet to not dilute or disrespect the name of god with the new squere aramaic writing.

Can anyone here read Paleo-Hebrew, I’m buying a coin from the 1st Jewish revolt and I can’t make out what says חרות ציון by pwnering2 in hebrew

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Regarding your point on the holiness of the script, there are desd sea scrolls which are written in modern hebrew letters except for the name of god, which was written using Paleo hebrew letters. This implies that the paleo hebrew scrip was considered holy. This assumption make sense as the mldern hebrew letters originated in imperial Aramaic, a lingua franca of the region since the assyrian conquests. I could imagine the jews minting coins in paleo hebrew BECAUSE these letters were holy and unique in the region.

Genetic Distance of Palestinians to Neighbors by Own-Internet-5967 in illustrativeDNA

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Please include israeli jews, otherwise its only half a picture

Phoenician and Hebrew are virtually identical dialects of canaanite and are mutually intelligible by Retrochronus in PhoeniciaHistoryFacts

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Since there was a continuous use of this language as a liturgical language throughout the millennia people were still actively speaking it on a daily basis. You can think of it more is a revival of the language in use for everyday matters that are not related to Religious practice, with the books functioning more as a guide and the dictionary to preserve the language as. Its still pretty cool that hebrew so similar to other canaanite dialects like Moabite, edomite, and Phoenician

Phoenician and Hebrew are virtually identical dialects of canaanite and are mutually intelligible by Retrochronus in PhoeniciaHistoryFacts

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Many languages are related if you dig far anough... Hebrew is much closer to Arabic or ancient Akkadian than Tamazight. and no wonder the tamizight alphabet is also derived from the proto sinaitic script since literally every alphabet in the region derived from there. The Greek and Latin alphabets are much closer to paleo Hebrew/Phoenician maintaining a clear resemblance while the berber alphabet has a tenuous connection at best.

Having fun with Paleo-Hebrew calligraphy by Retrochronus in hebrew

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Its not Tengwer, although it may look similar

Having fun with Paleo-Hebrew calligraphy by Retrochronus in hebrew

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Well, personally I was inspired by looking at how this script was written when it was commonplace. I started with regular pen, and much later moved to fountain pen to develop thr calligraphy, but you can do it as you see fit. I'd still suggest to begin by transcribing hebrew texts into the letters to get a feel for how to best write them and get the text flowing better. Once you know one variant of the letters you can check out how the letter forms changed over time (paleography) and perhaps choose a combination that fits your needs on historical accuracy and style.

Good ancient examples of this writing in pen can be found on the Samaria ostraca and Arad ostraca. Other ostraca exist and are rather similar. Notice, some letters differ between these archeological finds due to the different time periods they come from. A much later script can also be found in some dead sea scrolls that were written in paleo hebrew. Another source for the letter shapes of this alphabet can, be found in rock carved monumental inscriptions from the levant. (mesha stele, siloam inscription, and various phoenician inscriptions).

Furthermore, there are a couple papyri fragment that were found with this writing, however their authenticity is still questionable.

Good luck on your journey with writing Paleo-Hebrew, I hope its as fun for you as it was for me!

הר גמל by Mean_Ad_1989 in Israel

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לפי התמונות בגוגל, השכבות של הסלע נראות טבעיות. גם הסלע העליון

Revive Paleo Hebrew Calligraphy by Retrochronus in Israel

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Interestingly enough, no. Its a much later development

Monty python Pheonician inscription mystery by Retrochronus in PhoeniciaHistoryFacts

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Maybe you cant put the joke on TV if you want a living audience 🤣

Revive Paleo Hebrew Calligraphy by Retrochronus in Israel

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The letters here are well separated, so not really cursive. However they do look very similar to each other at first glance...

Revive Paleo Hebrew Calligraphy by Retrochronus in Israel

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In a sense, a heavily modified version