I created the Kadosh Samaritan font using version 3 of FCP. It's become quite popular in Masonic circles and is even used by some surviving members of the Samaritan culture -- once a mighty ancient people, there are only 700 Samaritans left.
The Samaritan characters are a glyphic variation of paleohebrew, in turn derived from the Phoenician script. In this PDF file you may see the font in action (I don't imagine most of you will have a lot of interest in downloading it).
http://www.orindalodge.org/fonts/kadosh ... l_1_10.pdf
I haven't made the Unicode version yet, but that is coming soon.
Kadosh Samaritan
I have a few questions...since I'm interested in languages and the Bible. Are these the same characters used in the Samaritan Penteauch ? If so, does Samaritan equate letter-for-letter/word-for-word to Hebrew ? Do you know where I can find a copy of the Samaritan Penteauch online ? I would love to look at it sometime and see how it varies from the Hebrew (MT) and Greek (LXX).
I've read that the [Genesis] chronologies are different from both the MT (Hebrew) and LXX (Greek)...and there are purportedly some differences relating to the place of worship.
I've read that the [Genesis] chronologies are different from both the MT (Hebrew) and LXX (Greek)...and there are purportedly some differences relating to the place of worship.
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http://www.historian.net/files.htm
http://www.plu.edu/~ryandp/texts.html
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9145/index.html
http://www.omniglot.com/
http://www.historian.net/files.htm
http://www.plu.edu/~ryandp/texts.html
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9145/index.html
http://www.omniglot.com/
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