Joshua C. Sherrill

Biblical Studies | Old Testament | Interpretation | Theology
Ancient Near Eastern Languages, Linguistics, Lands, Literature

Hebrew

  • Timeline of the Northwest Semitic Family Tree

    Timeline of the Northwest Semitic Family Tree

    Reconstructed languages or language subgroups are in italic font; all other languages are historically witnessed.© Joshua C. Sherrill, 2026. Bibliography

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  • Features of the Canaanite Dialects

    Features of the Canaanite Dialects

    Since the late 1980s, Semitists have homed in on a “Canaanite” subgroup of Northwest Semitic languages. Archaeology has revealed that the languages of Iron Age Canaan and its surroundings were obviously related and at times mutually intelligible. The linguistic features they had in common were, therefore, inferred features of their reconstructed Proto-Canaanite mother tongue, as…

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