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3. TIME LINE
JUDAISM
Moses was trained in the Royal Art of writing He wrote the five books. Books of the Law: Torah.
Writing was in existence in Egypt and Sumer This date can be almost accurately determined as
As one brought up at the court of the Pharaoh, and learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, he must have had some knowledge of hieroglyphics. Moses was of Semitic Origin (Jew). So he must have been familiar with Babylonian Cuneiform as well
RAS SHAMRA TABLETS :PHOENICIAN OR HEBREW ALPHABET 1400 - 1000 BC
Among the Ras Shamra tablets, belonging to the Tell el Amarna period some tablets are written entirely in a Canaanite language, and in the cuneiform script. In this case, however, it is surprising to learn that the cuneiform is no longer syllabic, but (apparently under Phoenician influence) has been simplified for use as an alphabet. 'The decipherment of this script, which represents the Phoenician or Hebrew alphabet of actually 1400 BC, is one of the most interesting achievements of the present century.'
[C. Marston, The New Knowledge and the Old Testament (1933)
