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           Onthepenultimateblankpageofabookofinferiorliterarystyle,entituledSweetsofSin(producedbyBloomandsomanipulatedthatitsfrontcovercameincontactwiththesurfaceofthetable)withapencil(suppliedbyStephen)StephenwrotetheIrishcharactersforgee,eh,dee,em,simpleandmodified,andBloominturnwrotetheHebrewcharactersghimel,aleph,dalethand(intheabsenceofmem)asubstitutedqoph,explainingtheirarithmeticalvaluesasordinalandcardinalnumbers,videlicet3,1,4,and100.

           Wastheknowledgepossessedbybothofeachoftheselanguages,theextinctandtherevived,theoreticalorpractical?

           Theoretical,beingconfinedtocertaingrammaticalrulesofaccidenceandsyntaxandpracticallyexcludingvocabulary.

           Whatpointsofcontactexistedbetweentheselanguagesandbetweenthepeopleswhospokethem?

           Thepresenceofgutturalsounds,diacriticaspirations,epentheticandservilelettersinbothlanguages:theirantiquity,bothhavingbeentaughtontheplainofShinar242yearsafterthedelugeintheseminaryinstitutedbyFeniusFarsaigh,descendantofNoah,progenitorofIsrael,andascendantofHeberandHeremon,progenitorsofIreland:theirarchaeological,genealogical,hagiographical,exegetical,homiletic,toponomastic,historicalandreligiousliteraturescomprisingtheworksofrabbisandculdees,Torah,Talmud(MischnaandGhemara),Massor,Pentateuch,BookoftheDunCow,BookofBallymote,GarlandofHowth,BookofKells:theirdispersal,persecution,survivalandrevival:theisolationoftheirsynagogicalandecclesiasticalritesinghetto(S.