See also: Divine language

The Adamic language is a term for the hypothetical proto-language believed spoken by Adam and Eve in paradise, either identical with the language used by God to address Adam, or invented by Adam (Genesis 2:19). Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... For the fictional language used in the 1997 film The Fifth Element, see The Divine Language. ... Proto-language may refer to either: a language that is the common ancestor of a set of related languages (a language family), or a system of communication during a stage in glottogony that may not yet be properly called a language. ... Michelangelos Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Chapel. ... Paradise, Jan Bruegel Paradise is an English word from Persian roots that is generally identified with the Garden of Eden or with Heaven. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Genesis (‎, Greek: Γένεσις, meaning birth, creation, cause, beginning, source or origin) is the first book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament. ...

Medieval and Early modern discussions

Traditional Jewish exegesis such as Midrash (Genesis Rabbah 38) assumes that Adam spoke Hebrew because the names he gives Eve - "Isha" (Genesis 2:23) and "Chava" (Genesis 3:20) - only make sense in Hebrew ("Isha" is from "Ish", man, and "Chava" is from "Chai", life). Midrash (Hebrew: מדרש; plural midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to a method of exegesis of a Biblical text. ... The word Hebrew most likely means to cross over, referring to the Semitic people crossing over the Euphrates River. ... Genesis (‎, Greek: Γένεσις, meaning birth, creation, cause, beginning, source or origin) is the first book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament. ...

It is, however, unclear how much from the Biblical perspective this language was preserved by Adam's descendants until the confusion of tongues (Genesis 11:1-9), or that it began to evolve naturally (Genesis 10:5). There is no ancient claim that the Adamic language was identical to Biblical Hebrew, for "the Torah was written in the vernacular" of the Israelites (Talmud Sanhedrin 21b). A dramatic sight on the topic related to the confusion of tongues, as it may have occurred during the attempt to build Babel, by Gustave Doré. The confusion of tongues (confusio linguarum) is the initial fragmentation of human languages described in the Bible after the collapse of the Tower of... Categories: Language stubs | Judaism-related stubs | Canaanite languages | Hebrew language ... The first page of the Vilna Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berachot, folio 2a. ... A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: ; Greek: , [1] synedrion, sitting together, hence assembly or council) is an assembly of 23[2] judges Biblically required in every city. ...

Dante in the Divina commedia implies that the language of Paradise was different from later Hebrew by saying that Adam addressed God as I rather than El. DANTE is also a digital audio network. ... ... Ēl (אל) is a Northwest Semitic word and name translated into English as either god or God or left untranslated as El, depending on the context. ...

Some Early Modern scholars based on Genesis 10:5 have assumed that the Japhetite languages are rather the direct descendants of the Adamic language, having separated before the confusion of tongues, by which also Hebrew was affected. The same is claimed by Anne Catherine Emmerich, that stated in her private revelations that most direct descendants of the Adamic language were Bactrian, Zend and Indian languages. In this way Emmerich identifies Adamic language as Proto-Indo-European language. The early modern period is a term used by historians to refer to the period in Western Europe and its first colonies, between the Middle Ages and modern society. ... Japhetic has been used to describe a major race group commonly identified as Europeans by those Jews, Muslims, and Christians who take the genealogies of Genesis to be historically accurate. ... Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (8 September 1774 - 9 February 1824) was a Catholic Augustinian nun, stigmatic, and ecstatic. ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies The Bactrian language is an extinct language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria, also called Tocharistan, in northern Afghanistan. ... Persian (Local names: فارسی Fârsi or پارسی Pârsi)* is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well as by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Proto-Indo-Europeans. ...

In modern linguistics

According to Ernst Cassirer, The sixteenth- and seventeenth-century philosophers of language still supposed that phenomena of onomatopoeia offered the key to the basic and original language of mankind, the lingua adamica.^[1] The modern concept corresponding to that of the Adamic language is that of the Proto-World language, but rather than positing divine inspiration, linguists also assume that it arose from proto-linguistic forms of communication. Ernst Cassirer (July 28, 1874 – April 13, 1945) was a German-Jewish philosopher. ... Look up onomatopoeia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term Proto-World language refers to the hypothetical, most recent common ancestor of all the worlds languages – an ancient proto-language from which are derived all modern languages, all language families, and all dead languages known from the past 6,000 years of recorded history. ... Proto-language may refer to either: a language that preceded a certain set of given languages, or a system of communication during a stage in glottogony that may not yet be properly called a language. ...

Recent treatments of a "language of Eden", such as the Edenics of Isaac E. Mozeson, suggested in his The Origin of Speeches: Intelligent Design in Language: From the Language of Eden to Our Babble After Babel, are in the realm of pseudoscience. Phrenology is regarded today as a classic example of pseudoscience. ...

In Mormonism

In Mormonism, the Adamic language has been thought by some Latter Day Saints to be the language of God. Though different from Hebrew, the Hebrew language was thought to contain remnants of this ancient language, including the words Elohim and Jehovah.^{[citation needed]} According to Joseph Smith, Jr.'s translation of the Bible, this language was "pure and undefiled".^[2] Book of Mormon, see Latter Day Saint movement. ... A Latter Day Saint (LDS) is a person who identifies with the Latter Day Saint movement and is a follower of Mormonism. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Elohim (אֱלוֹהִים , אלהים ) is a Hebrew word which expresses concepts of divinity. ... Jehovah is an English transcription of , which is a specific vocalized spelling of (i. ... Joseph Smith, Jr. ... The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, also called the Inspired Version of the Bible or the JST, is a version of the Bible dictated by Joseph Smith, Jr. ...

Some other early leaders of the Latter Day Saint movement, including Brigham Young,^[3] Orson Pratt^[4] and Elizabeth Ann Whitney^[5] claimed to have received several words in the Adamic language in revelations. Some Latter Day Saints believe that the Adamic language will be restored as the universal language of humankind at the end of the world. The Latter Day Saint movement (a subset of Restorationism) is a group of religious denominations and adherents who follow at least some of the teachings and revelations of Joseph Smith, Jr. ... See also, Brigham Young University Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. ... Orson Pratt Orson Pratt (September 19, 1811 – October 3, 1881) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. ... Elizabeth Ann Whitney (January 26, 1800 - 1882), born Elizabeth Ann Smith, was an early Latter Day Saint leader, and the wife of Newel K. Whitney, another early Latter Day Saint leader. ...

The name of the Mormon settlement "Adam-ondi-Ahman" in Daviess County, Missouri is said to derive from the Adamic language.^{[citation needed]} According to Latter Day Saint belief, Mormon is the name of the compiler of the book of scripture known as the Book of Mormon. ... Adam-ondi-Ahman is a historic site along the east bank of the Grand River in Daviess County, Missouri. ... Daviess County is a county located in the state of Missouri. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis[1] Area  Ranked 21st  - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 300 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ...

Other words thought by some Mormons to derive from the Adamic language include deseret ("honey bee", see Ether 2:3), and Ahman ("God"). Some^{[attribution needed]} have also taken the word shelem to mean "height" (see Ether 3:1) though the passage states, "...which they called the mount Shelem, because of its exceeding height..." not necessarily implying that the word actually means "height," but more practically that the word has at least something to do with "exceeding height." It has been suggested that Nation of Deseret be merged into this article or section. ... The Book of Ether is one of books that make up the Book of Mormon. ... The Book of Ether is one of books that make up the Book of Mormon. ...

Joseph Smith's translation of the Bible refers to "The Book of Remembrance", written in Adamic,^[6] but no copies of that book have been found. The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, also called the Inspired Version of the Bible or the JST, is a version of the Bible dictated by Joseph Smith, Jr. ...

See also

• History of linguistics
• Proto-World language
• confusion of tongues
• Hebrew
• Lingua ignota
• Endowment (Latter Day Saints)

Mormon temple ceremonies, such as the prayer circle, once used the words "Pay Lay Ale" which the church believed were Adamic words meaning "Oh God, hear the words of my mouth." The untranslated words are no longer used in temple ceremonies and have been replaced by the English version. Efforts to describe and explain the human language faculty have been undertaken throughout recorded history. ... The term Proto-World language refers to the hypothetical, most recent common ancestor of all the worlds languages – an ancient proto-language from which are derived all modern languages, all language families, and all dead languages known from the past 6,000 years of recorded history. ... A dramatic sight on the topic related to the confusion of tongues, as it may have occurred during the attempt to build Babel, by Gustave Doré. The confusion of tongues (confusio linguarum) is the initial fragmentation of human languages described in the Bible after the collapse of the Tower of... The word Hebrew most likely means to cross over, referring to the Semitic people crossing over the Euphrates River. ... Hildegards 23 litterae ignotae Lingua Ignota (unknown language) is a language described by the German abbess, visionary, artist, composer, physician, and mystic St Hildegard of Bingen in the 12th century, apparently for mystical purposes. ... In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Endowment is a gift of power from on high that has several meanings in various contexts of Latter Day Saint theology. ...

Notes

1. ^ The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms I, p.191 (English translation, 1953).
2. ^ Book of Moses 6:6.
3. ^ History of the Church 1:297 (Young prays in the Adamic tongue).
4. ^ Journal of Discourses 2:368 (God="Ahman"; Son of God="Son Ahman"; Men="Sons Ahman"; Angel="Anglo-man").
5. ^ 7 Woman's Exponent 83 (1 November 1878).
6. ^ Moses 6:5, 46.

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References

• Anne Catherine Emmerich, Life of Jesus Christ And Biblical Revelations (1790).
• John S. Robertson, 1 Encyclopedia of Mormonism, "Adamic Language".

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External links

• In Search of the Adamic Language, Meridian Magazine