NO ARAB RACE PRE-500 BCE.

Submitted by IamJoseph (Australia), May 14, 2010 at 23:16

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), May 14, 2010 at 06:43

Now back to Versteegh and for this see page 32 where we have the inscription from 'En 'Avdat dated 88CE to 150CE and this is what he says

"which represents the oldest example of a text in Arabic the three lines in arabic are part of an aramaic inscription in nabataean script to the god obdoas erected by garm'alahi son of taym'alahi

# Whoah! This is not Arabic. Aramaic existed 3000 years ago, and the Nabateans were not Arab. You have no Arabic writings pre-400 CE and no referenmce to the word ARAB.

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and let us read line two

fa kana huna yabghina al mawtu la abghahu

Anyone who knows Arabic would be able to understand what it says and it is

and he when death tried to claim us did not let it claim us (see Bellamy)

So did Versteegh make it up? Oh and you can tell them at Hebrew University that this is all fake and they will laugh at you

# Whoah again! The reference you claim has no connection with Arab, not withstanding the Nabatean race is also recent, and they used the ARAMAIC - not the Arabic:

Nabataean Quick Facts Type Consonantal Alphabetic Genealogy Proto-Sinaitic > Aramaic Location West Asia Time 2nd century BCE to 4th century CE Direction Right to Left

Centered at the ancient city of Petra located in what is now the modern kingdom of Jordan, the Nabataeans built a kingdom in the 2nd century BCE that grew prosperous from trade routes that crisscrossed their territory. At its height the Nabataean kingdom extended from Syria to the Hijaz in Saudi Arabia, and from Jordan into the Sinai in Egypt. The wealth and the strategic location of the Nabataeans eventually piqued the Romans' interest, and it led to their conquest in 106 CE and incorporation into the Roman Empire as the province of Arabia Petraea.

In the first millenium BCE, Aramaic was the international language and script of trade, and the Nabataeans adopted both as their written language. [http://www.ancientscripts.com/nabataean.html].

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Oh next? Qaryat al-Faw dated 100-300BCE

# This has no connection t Arab being pre-500 BCE or Arabic writings being pre-400 CE.

in history of Arabia: Kindah )

...authority. Its area of influence was south central Arabia, from the Yemeni border nearly up to Mecca. The discovery of the tomb of a king of Kindah (datable to perhaps the 3rd century ad) at Qaryat Dhāt Kāhil, on the trade route linking Najrān with the east coast, suggests that this site was in all likelihood the royal headquarters. Sabaean texts of the 2nd and 3rd...

Citations

MLA Style:

"Qaryat al-Fāw." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 14 May. 2010 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/485528/Qaryat-al-Faw>.

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>Kees Versteegh wrote in 1970's.

He wrote his book in the 1970? Really?

>There is no term ARAB in any of the texts he presents.

Really? where? could you provide us readers with the page number and the exact quote and you know what? we readers will watch you making a fool of yourself

>In fact he says the Arabic writings came with Islam, and supports everything I have said - no Arab race pre-500 BCE - no Arabic writings pre-400 CE:

Where does Versteegh say that? Mr ignorant no sound histoian will utter this nonsense now you provide us with the quote or shut up

And for the readers our dear iam provides us with a less than a page of book review of Versteegh's book so where can I find it is this review ?

# I have already responded to this, with quotes.

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