The oldest recorded alphabet may be Hebrew. According to a controversial new study by archaeologist and ancient inscription specialist Douglas Petrovich, Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient Egyptian ...
“The letters of the Jews as strict as flames,” writes Karl Shapiro in the poem titled “The Alphabet,” “Or little terrible flowers lean/Stubbornly upwards through the perfect ages/Singing through solid ...
Last winter, as Israelis reeled from the trauma of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack and subsequent war in Gaza, Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum director Risa Levitt happened upon the artwork of ...