Chapter 1.1.0 Recognizing the alphabet
- Contents
- Section 1: How we got the Bible
- Part 1.1: God invented an alphabet
- Chapter 1.1.0 Recognizing the alphabet
- Part 1.1: God invented an alphabet
- Section 1: How we got the Bible
Hebrew is unlike any other language. Letters require strokes to express them. In Hebrew, the strokes mean something. The combination of meanings builds the meaning of individual letters, and the combination of letters build the meaning of words.
This section will begin with the strokes, and build the letters. Initially, the focus will be on the strokes, ignoring the order of the letters. Then with Cahpter 1.1.10 the letters will be considered in order, and the meaning of the letters explored more deeply. You need not learn the strokes and letters, but must have a confidence in the consistency of the use of the metaphors as words are build.
Initially it may seem strange, but as you see it come together, as no other language does, it is appropriate to be in awe of God. [1]
The square letters
The square script, also known as block script is called the Ashuri script by Jewish sages, who purport to believe that it originated with the Assyrians. However, others Jewish sages suggest that it originated with God. The evidence they site is that here is no known sacred text written in the supposedly earlier paleo-Hebrew script. The idea that the Jews would write their most sacred texts in the language of their captors is as unbelievable as the claim that American Indian Jews wrote their sacred writings in Reformed Egyptian.
Why does it matter if it originated by the Assyrians or by God? Because the Biblical claim is that God revealed himself to man. How could this occur if God and man did not have a common language? The Bible related conversations that God had with various men. If we can't trust that these conversations are recorded accurately, how can we trust the salvation offered by those conversations.
The template
The letters are formed around a square. These are generally drawn and interpreted from the top left corner to the top right corner. Then down the right side, to the left across the bottom, and up the left side. The top horizontal represents that which can be known about heavenly or spiritual things. The lower represents earthly things or things of the flesh. God communicates with man down the right side, and man communicates back to God up the left side.
There are two primary strokes, and two primary corners. A short stroke is a yud. It is the tenth letter of the alphabet. A long stroke is a vav (some are longer than others, and some are horizontal); the sixth letter. There is a square, and a rounded corner. The square corner indicates a partial communication such as a command, or teaching. The rounded corner indicates that the communication includes personality as a part of the revelation.
Examine some clusters of letters which appear to be related. Look for the vavs י, yods ו and corners.:
- י ו ן - ד ה ח - ר ב ת - כ פ ק
Since the strokes have consistent metaphoric meaning, these letters ARE related in meaning.
References
- ↑ The metaphor used in this work is the result of reverse engineering the alphabet rather than accept one of the various rabbinic sources. The validation of it is similar to the validation of a crossword puzzle; it works. Rabbinic alphabets do not speak of Christ, but why would one expect them to? Modern rabbis are descended from the group of Jews who rejected Christ. The practices of New Testament authors were used as a guide in the discernment of the meanings.
