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From: berger@aecom.UUCP (Mitchell Berger)
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Subject: Re: Re: Nestorian and Jacobite Characters -- what are they?
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 17:25:11 EDT
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> The modern Hebrew characters are called K'tav Ashurit and
> (according to what I learnt) where developed by Ezra.
> 
> Meyer Steinberg

According to the Talmud Bavli (m. M'gilla 2b and M. Shabbos 100and 
something), the luchot (the 2 tablets) were written in k'tav ashurit.
The Jerusalem Talmud on the same mishna in Shabbos says that it was 
written in someother writting in which the aleph and the 'ayin have
totally unattached holes (similar to mem sofit and samech in ashurit).
If the luchot were in ashurit Ezra couldn't have initialized the
system. I beleive the early civilization in Ashur (hence the name) did.
-- 
Micha Berger
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