The
Sumerian language was spoken in southern Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium
BCE. It is an isolate language meaning we know of no other languages that
relate to it ancestrally. Sumerian is written in the cuneiform script. In fact,
it is the first language we know to be written using cuneiform and most likely
cuneiform was developed for use by this language. The Sumerian language enjoyed a resurrection
during the Old Babylonian period as a literary and liturgical language. The
scribes in this period considered the language as essential for maintaining the
traditions of a very old period, and wanted to recapture an archaic time of
magic and legend. After this period ending c. 1595 BCE, the scribal usage of
Sumerian decreased significantly. See
pictures and read article at -- http://www.ancient.eu/Sumerian_Language/
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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