Canaan, the language of - Biblical Meaning of canaan, the language of in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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Canaan, the language of
mentioned in Isa. 19:18, denotes the language spoken by the Jews resident in Israel. The language of the Canaanites and of the Hebrews was substantially the same. This is seen from the fragments of the Phoenician language which still survive, which show the closest analogy to the Hebrew. Yet the subject of the language of the "Canaanites" is very obscure. The cuneiform writing of Babylon, as well as the Babylonian language, was taught in the Canaanite schools, and the clay tablets of Babylonian literature were stored in the Canaanite libraries. Even the Babylonian divinities were borrowed by the Canaanites. Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'canaan, the language of' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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