This volume presents 574 ostraca—potsherds containing short notes written in ink—from the collection of David and Jemima Jeselsohn, almost all dating from the fourth century B.C.E. The 560 Aramaic and
The Dead Sea Scrolls constitute the most important documentary evidence for the “Jewish alphabet,” which was used to write ancient Hebrew and Aramaic. In Understanding the Alphabet of the Dead Sea Scr
Both entertaining and educational, A-dventure-Z: The Story of the Alphabet illustrates the history and development of the ancient signs that eventually led to the creation of the Roman alphabet. Under
