It was the script of the Hebrew kings and prophets, and was employed by the ancient Hebrews in the pre-exilic period, that is, in the first half of the first millennium B.C., but its use in a limited measure continued into the fifth to the third centuries B.C., and lingered on till much later times. 16 f.) which was the parent of the modern Hebrew alphabet, The Early Hebrew alphabet is the original script of nearly the whole of the Old Testament. This term is employed in distinction from that of ‘Square Hebrew’ (see pp.
This section is subdivided into four: (1) Early Hebrew, (2) Square Hebrew, (3) Greek and (4) Latin, and three minor sections: (5) Syriac, (6) Coptic, (7) Ethiopic.
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