Appendix A

Appendix A [∞]

For the parents: An introduction to the method of interpretation:

The basis for this study is a first century hermeneutic. New Testament authors use it as they reference Old Testament scriptures. Called Notarikon, it refers to an attribute of Hebrew. A Hebrew word gets it’s meaning from the combined meaning of the letters within. Letters get their meanings from the jots (yods) and strokes (vavs or tittles).

The apostle John demonstrates a fluency in Notarikon in his Gospel and his letters. This gets lost in translation, so the readers of the Greek Septuagint and English translations never saw it.

The opposite of Notarikon is the formation, or building of words. Yods and vavs form letters. Letters combine in pairs to form gates (two-letter sub-roots). Letters decorate gates, and gates join gates and words to form larger words. Each time the parts of the word keep their meaning.

We use Notarikon to unpack the meaning of the animal names. This is not free-for-all allegory. Adam gave names to animals based on behaviors he saw. ‘Name’ means ‘reputation’. We observe the same behaviors in the animals today. This connection, though not scripture, is plausible and interesting.

This thesis presumes the Hebrew Square Text to be the oldest form of Hebrew writing. It challenges the common academic dogma that Paleo-Hebrew is older. This work would support the Wiseman hypothesis that eye-witnesses wrote Genesis. A restored Notarikon is used, not a rabbinic one. More on these in another work.