The West Semitic Alphabet in the Early Iron Age: A New Hypothesis

In the hypothesis presented by the authors, stratified, nonmonumental inscriptions and their radiometric datings take center stage for the first time. It is in the living script of these texts rather than in the artificial alphabet of monuments that the evolution of the alphabet in Iron IIA can be s...

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Authors: Zas, Binyamin 1948- (Author) ; Finḳelshṭayn, Yiśraʾel 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2023
In: Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2023, Volume: 86, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-45
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Writing system / Alphabet / Inscription / Geschichte 900 v. Chr. / Israel (Antiquity) / Samaria (City) / Semitic writings
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Tirza
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