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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Main Author: Richey, Madadh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Western Academic Press 2023
In: Maarav
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-38
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Alphabet / Umm el-Marra / Levant (Nord) / Hieroglyphus / Sinai
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
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