James Kass wrote:
Obviously "Palaeo-Hebrew" is a modern term; the concept is however a very old one - just look at the Dead Sea scrolls, turn-of-the-era Jewish coins, etc., where it is employed in an archaizing way.
My pocket change is depressingly modern.
That needn't be an obstacle to the argument going full circle yet again. Hebrew and Palaeo-Hebrew letters occur side-by-side on some modern Israeli coins also. See the photography near the bottom of this Typophile discussion:
http://www.typophile.com/forums/messages/4101/27209.html
John Hudson
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