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Chapter 2
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.