Hebrew alphabet

An Archaeologist Might Have Found the Oldest Known Hebrew Text

A “curse tablet” bearing the name of God.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
March 28 2022 12:01AM

A Rare 3,000-Year-Old Inscription Bears the Name of a Biblical Judge

Gideon’s jug?

Amanda Borschel-Dan
July 13 2021 12:01AM

What Ordinary Bibles Looked Like in Medieval Egypt

Written from memory.

Ben Outhwaite
Feb. 5 2019 12:01AM

An Ancient Hebrew Inscription Supports the Traditional Spelling of “Jerusalem”

A “jot” makes all the difference.

Robert Cargill
Jan. 17 2019 12:01AM

One of the Earliest Examples of the Semitic Alphabet Has Been Discovered on a Piece of Egyptian Limestone

ABGD vs. Halaham.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
May 24 2018 12:01AM

Technology Borrowed from NASA Has Led to the Probable Discovery of an Unknown Dead Sea Scroll

Written in an ancient Hebrew alphabet.

Ruth Schuster and Nir Hasson
May 7 2018 12:01AM

The Phoenicians May Have Given Europe and Ancient Israel Their Alphabets, but They Left behind No Literature

Could it because they lacked a national identity?

Josephine Quinn
Sept. 20 2017 12:01AM

Ancient Egyptian Tablets May Contain the Earliest Known Form of Hebrew

They might even mention Joseph and Moses.

Douglas Petrovich
Nov. 22 2016 12:01AM

An Ancient Potsherd Sheds Light on the Origins of the Hebrew Alphabet

The oldest examples of three letters.

Ilan Ben Zion
Dec. 16 2015 12:01AM

An Ancient Warrior Woman in Southern Russia with a (Possibly) Hebrew Seal

How did it get there?

Jim Davila
Aug. 20 2015 12:01AM

The Book of Lamentations’ Unusual Hebrew Alphabet

A possible explanation.

Mitchell First
July 20 2015 12:01AM