Patrick Andries wrote:
Is there a lot of Paleo-Hebrew texts out there ? Encoded with the Hebrew block ? If not this maybe a red herring
As far as I know, there are very few surviving Paleo-Hebrew texts in any form, but googling for the first words of those I know of produces at least one hit in each case:
The Siloam inscription: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22%D7%95%D7%96%D7%94+%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94+%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8+%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%94%22
The Lachish ostraca: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22%D7%90%D7%9C+%D7%90%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99+%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A9%22
The Gezer calendar: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%95+%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A3%22
A clear guideline for Paleo-Hebrew would be welcome I think : is the Phoenician block the preferred way to encode Paleo-Hebrew or the Hebrew block(*) ? I don't see the advantage of not answering the question and encoding Hebrew texts (not transcribing Paleo-Hebrew texts) in two different fashions, this will make searching and analysis of these texts more complicated.
An excellent point IMHO.
