§. 3. * 1.1 Hence it is apparent, that the Phenicians received their Language and Letters from the Hebrews. That the Phe∣nician Language was but a Dialect of the Hebrew is asserted and proved by the most learned of this age. So G. Vossius de Hi∣stor. Graec. lib. 3. cap. 16. Bochart. Phaleg. lib. 1. cap. 15. and in his Canaan lib. 2. cap. 1. unto the 6. And it is evident by the Punick Language, which was the same with the Phenician, as well as with the Hebrew; as it appears by many Fragments of the Punick Tongue, found in Plautus, Augustin &c. of which in its place. And, as the Phenicians Language, so their Let∣ters also owe their original to the Hebrew; as it will appear hereafter, chap. 11. §. 2. Which, at present, we only mention, to shew the great Affinity, and Correspondence 'twixt these two Nations: whence it came to passe, that most of the Grecians Learning, and Letters, which they acknowledge to have been derived to them by the Phenicians, sprang originally from the Jews: as chap. 11. §. 3.
The court of the Gentiles: or A discourse touching the original of human literature, both philologie and philosophie, from the Scriptures, and Jewish church in order to a demonstration, of 1. The perfection of Gods vvord, and church light. 2: The imperfection of natures light, and mischief of vain pholosophie. 3. The right use of human learning, and especially sound philosophie. / By T.G.
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- The court of the Gentiles: or A discourse touching the original of human literature, both philologie and philosophie, from the Scriptures, and Jewish church in order to a demonstration, of 1. The perfection of Gods vvord, and church light. 2: The imperfection of natures light, and mischief of vain pholosophie. 3. The right use of human learning, and especially sound philosophie. / By T.G.
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- Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.
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"The court of the Gentiles: or A discourse touching the original of human literature, both philologie and philosophie, from the Scriptures, and Jewish church in order to a demonstration, of 1. The perfection of Gods vvord, and church light. 2: The imperfection of natures light, and mischief of vain pholosophie. 3. The right use of human learning, and especially sound philosophie. / By T.G." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A85480.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.
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The Phenician Language and Letters from the Jewish.