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Most people were taught that the Phoenicians invented the alphabet, and that the Hebrews were late, illiterate arrivals to history. Archaeology says otherwise.
In the early 1900s, archaeologists working at Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula uncovered alphabetic inscriptions carved into stone that were not Egyptian hieroglyphs and not Phoenician. These inscriptions date to the 15th century BCE—nearly 500 years earlier than the oldest known Phoenician writing.
Even more striking, the language behind these inscriptions is proto-Hebrew, written by Hebrew-speaking Semites living under Egyptian rule. Similar inscriptions later appear in Canaan, forming a clear trail that matches the Bible’s account of the Hebrews’ movement from Egypt into the Promised Land (Exodus 1).
This early alphabetic script didn’t disappear—it became the foundation for Phoenician, which later gave rise to Greek, Latin, and eventually the alphabets used across the modern world.
Most people were taught that the Phoenicians invented the alphabet, and that the Hebrews were late, illiterate arrivals to history. Archaeology says otherwise.
In the early 1900s, archaeologists working at Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula uncovered alphabetic inscriptions carved into stone that were not Egyptian hieroglyphs and not Phoenician. These inscriptions date to the 15th century BCE—nearly 500 years earlier than the oldest known Phoenician writing.
Even more striking, the language behind these inscriptions is proto-Hebrew, written by Hebrew-speaking Semites living under Egyptian rule. Similar inscriptions later appear in Canaan, forming a clear trail that matches the Bible’s account of the Hebrews’ movement from Egypt into the Promised Land (Exodus 1).
This early alphabetic script didn’t disappear—it became the foundation for Phoenician, which later gave rise to Greek, Latin, and eventually the alphabets used across the modern world.
( from Traci Coston - facebook )
Most people were taught that the Phoenicians invented the alphabet, and that the Hebrews were late, illiterate arrivals to history. Archaeology says otherwise.
In the early 1900s, archaeologists working at Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula uncovered alphabetic inscriptions carved into stone that were not Egyptian hieroglyphs and not Phoenician. These inscriptions date to the 15th century BCE—nearly 500 years earlier than the oldest known Phoenician writing.
Even more striking, the language behind these inscriptions is proto-Hebrew, written by Hebrew-speaking Semites living under Egyptian rule. Similar inscriptions later appear in Canaan, forming a clear trail that matches the Bible’s account of the Hebrews’ movement from Egypt into the Promised Land (Exodus 1).
This early alphabetic script didn’t disappear—it became the foundation for Phoenician, which later gave rise to Greek, Latin, and eventually the alphabets used across the modern world.
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