Syria, Mesopotamia, and the Origins of the Alphabet
New potentially Early Alphabetic finds from Umm al-Marra (Syria) and Sealand (Mesopotamia) require a reanalysis of traditional out-of-Egypt hypotheses of alphabetic origins. The present article considers the problems new discoveries introduce for traditional understandings of alphabetic invention an...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Western Academic Press
2023
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Maarav
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-38 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Alphabet
/ Umm el-Marra
/ Levant (Nord)
/ Hieroglyphus
/ Sinai
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RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
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