A contrast has been frequently drawn between the New Testament written in Greek, then the most diffused language of the civilised earth, as intended for the instruction of men without restriction as to nation, and the Old Testament written in Hebrew for one people.
This opinion ought to be modified: the facts which must be considered are these:—
(1) That the Phoenician language was essentially identical with the Hebrew.
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Author: F. Whiteley
Keywords: Phoenicians, Phoenicia, Tarshish, Tartessos, Spain, sea trading, sea merchants, Mediterranean coastlands, coastland, Mediterranean, Hebrew language, Phoenician language, Hebrew, Tyre, Sidon, Tyre Sidon
Bible reference(s): 1Ki 10:22, 1 Ki 22:48, 2 Chronicles 9:21, 2 Chronicles 20:36, 2 Chronicles 20:37, Isa 2:16, Isaiah 23:1, Isaiah 23:6, Isaiah 23:10, Isaiah 23:14, Isaiah 60:9, Eze 27:12, Eze 27:25, Eze 38:13, Jonah 1:3, Jonah 4:2
Source: “Hebrew, the Phoenicians and Britain,” The Testimony, Vol. 18, No. 206, February 1948, pp. 50-1.
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