>touche
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>On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 11:17 AM, Bill Bartlett wrote:
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>>At 11:10 AM -0500 12/6/03, Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
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>>>>bible (the Phoenician city byblos)
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>>>that's a new one, to me. to biblion is simply greek for "the book", and that comes from the word for the inner bark of the papyrus (according to my handy-dandy little liddell and scott). i haven't checked the OED on this, but i'll bet that's where they trace the derivation.
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>>http://www.lau.edu.lb/general-info/city-byb1.html
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>>Byblos City
Apparently they conceived of the alphabet there too. Fascinating, but I've learned enough new things for today, think I might go to bed now.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas