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New Find Adds Centuries to Age of Bible

Harry Kimball — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:16:00 CST

The discovery last year of Hebrew writing on a piece of pottery from the 10th century BC may mean the Bible is hundreds of years older than previously thought, researchers say. Similarities in language and content indicate that portions of the Hebrew Bible were written before the commonly accepted date...

Web Addresses Will Gain International Flavor

Nick McMaster — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:12:42 CDT

In the biggest change ever to the system, Web domains will soon be available in the native scripts of Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, and other non-Latin-based languages. A proposal expected to be approved this week means “Internationalized Domain Names” could be up and running as soon as mid-2010. China and Thailand...

Algorithm Can 'Fill in the Blanks' of Ancient Texts

Harry Kimball — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:56:58 CDT

A new computer algorithm could soon take some of the guesswork out of deciphering ancient texts, Reuters reports. The program, developed in Israel and currently used with ancient Hebrew, works with digital copies of unreadable texts and uses pattern recognition to “fill in the blanks,” says one of the developers....

There's No Right Way to Spell This Word

Kevin Spak — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:28:08 CST

There's definitely an “H,” an “N” and a “K” in there, but beyond that, spellings of the upcoming Jewish holiday differ significantly. Conservative rabbis tell the New York Post not to worry, though, because all English spellings all wrong. The correct one is in Hebrew. English spellings have "solely to...

Oldest Hebrew Text May Shed Light on Bible's David

John Johnson — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:45:29 CDT

Archeologists in Israel say they have dug up the oldest known example of Hebrew text, a find that could answer questions about the scope and power of the ancient kingdom of David, Reuters reports. Researchers found the 3,000-year-old pottery shards at an excavation site near where the Bible says...