Forward reader Raffi Bilek has some questions about Ugaritic, the ancient Semitic language, closely related to biblical Hebrew, that was unearthed in archaeological excavations begun in the late 1920s ...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on June 30 that three linguists, working under its auspices, have developed a successful computer system for deciphering the ancient language of ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The Ugaritic text studied here has been interpreted as an early example of the classical bottomry loan. An examination of the grammar of the ...
The Dead Sea scrolls from Qumran have been widely heralded as the most spectacular archaeological find of the century. Almost as important for Biblical research, many scholars believe, are the ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Vetus Testamentum is a leading journal covering all aspects of Old Testament study. It includes articles on history, literature, ...
The tablet of Beth-Shemesh; front and back. Credit: Y. Goren / Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University In the fifth season of excavations at Tel Beth-Shemesh (Ain Shams, present ...
The lost language of Ugaritic was last spoken 3,500 years ago. It survives on just a few tablets, and linguists could only translate it with years of hard work and plenty of luck. A computer ...
A new computer program has quickly deciphered a written language last used in Biblical times—possibly opening the door to "resurrecting" ancient texts that are no longer understood, scientists ...
It is now 70 years since the University of Pennsylvania sent out the first American archaeological expedition to the Near East. Since that day American scholars have played a prominent role in ...
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