Word: phoenician
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...courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences seem imposing enough to satisfy the most confirmed specialists, furnishing, as they do, instruction in such out-of-the-way languages as Ethiopic, Phoenician, Pali, Gothic, Icelandic, Old Saxon, etc. There is however no course in Celtic. Is it not possible to have one at Harvard? A knowledge of old Welsh, Gaelic and Celtic is important for those who study mediaeval literature and seek to trace the origin of various myths and legends which have been woven into the romances of old French and German. Courses in the field suggested would...
...Bagdad Califates. These courses, involving no knowledge of Semitic languages, are of greatest interest to the general student of history, although he may not be a specialist in Semitic studies. For the specialists, it will be seen that several new courses have been provided, including a course in the Phoenician language...
...employing of signs to represent single letters is no harder to trace than the preceding transitions. The Egyptians had the first real alphabet, real in the sense of having a sign for each letter. Babylonian and even Arabic have signs for only three of their vowel sounds. The Phoenician people in their commercial relations and in their position as intermediaries between the great nations of the earth, were the first to make a script that was extensively used in the world. Without exception all alphabets have been developed in one way or another from the Phoenician. As to the origin...
...intended that the museum, when established, shall contain all the material necessary for the thorough study of Semitic literature and archaeology. This material includes cuneiform inscriptions on bricks, cylinders, seals, and monuments, either original or in the form of casts; Phoenician coins and inscriptions; Syriac inscriptions and manuscripts; Hebrew coins and manuscripts, together with facsimiles of the Siloam inscription and of that of the Moabite stone (this last the oldest known writing in the Phoenician character); Arabic coins and manuscripts; Sabean inscriptions; Etheopic manuscripts; specimens of the fauna and flora of Semitic lands; and a work library and study rooms...
Semitic Seminary. Phoenician Cosmogony. Professor Toy. Sever...