The Semitic alphabet

Benjamin Sass (1948) studied archaeology at the universities of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and he is emeritus professor of Tel Aviv University. In the 1970s, in the Sinai, he discovered two of the earliest alphabetic inscriptions known, incised on the rock face of an ancient mine. This finding won him over to the study of the early alphabet.

Inter alia Sass has written extensively on various aspects of the Semitic and Greek alphabets.

Often in Paris (whenever possible staying at the Maison Suger), he is collaborating with colleagues at the Collège de France and the UMR 8167 of the CNRS.

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