LETTER 'V' WAS INTRODUCED BY THE HEBREW WRITINGS.

Submitted by IamJoseph (Australia), Jun 2, 2010 at 20:41

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This is utter nonsense. Here is a chart of the ancient Phoenecian - it does NOT contain the 'V' Alphabet: http://phoenicia.org/tblalpha.html

Here is a chart of the ancient Hebrew - it does contain the 'V': http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/3_home.html

The Hebrew introduced the 'V' letter, while the other ancient languages did not have this letter or sound. That Arabic uses the B for AVraham [Ibrahim] says it adapted from the Latin bible, having no Arabic writings pre-400 CE. The charts also say that Phnoenceain was not the prototype of the Hebrew as is commonly portrayed - it is the other way around. We have no ancient Phoenecian alphabetical books as with the Hebrew - even though Phoenecia was an older kingdom and one which lasted about a 1000 years after the Hebrew emerged. This is not a standout anomaly - the Hebrew bible made a host of introductions for humanity, including:

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