Friday, August 25, 2023

Sanders on who invented the alphabet

THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY: Who Really Invented the Alphabet? (Seth Sanders).
There are two parts to this. First is whether the early alphabet shows any evidence that its creators knew how Egyptian writing worked. ... Second is whether the early alphabet was systematized and taught carefully, or casually and chaotically transmitted—a script of scribes or of the people. ...

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