Languages from the World of the Bible by Holger Gzella
English | Dec. 19, 2011 | ISBN: 1934078611 | 273 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
The breakthrough of the alphabetic script early in the first millennium BCE coincides with the appearance of several new languages and civilizations in ancient Syria-Palestine. Together, they form the cultural setting in which ancient Israel, the Hebrew Bible, and, transformed by Hellenism, the New Testament took shape.