From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Mon Sep 13 2004 - 05:59:14 CDT
On 09/09/2004 22:59, Michael Everson wrote:
> At 17:07 -0400 2004-09-09, Dean Snyder wrote:
>
>> The vowel points in Hebrew are CHARACTERS,...
>
>> They are, for example, actually read sequentially, just like
>> one reads Latin consonants and vowels.
>
>
> A lot like Tengwar, really.
>
This is hardly surprising, because I am sure that JRR Tolkien was aware
of how Hebrew script works. Indeed according to one site I found
(http://www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk/tolkien.htm) he was a Hebrew scholar,
but this doesn't strike me as very reliable information.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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