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New Light on the Egyptian Origin of the Hebrew Alphabet

Young Research Library (YRL) Room 11360 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA

The publication of a new inscription from Theban Tomb 99 sheds new light on the early history of the Hebrew Alphabet.  This ostracon is a bilingual “abecedary” written in Egyptian Hieroglyphic and Semitic.  It gives further evidence for an Egyptian connection to the origins of the early Hebrew alphabet. Sponsored by the UCLA Near Eastern...

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