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Ancient Hebrew writings are texts written in Biblical Hebrew using the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet before the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.. The earliest known precursor to Hebrew, an inscription in the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, is the Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription (11th–10th century BCE), [1] if it can be considered Hebrew at that early a stage.
Yavne-Yam ostracon is an inscribed pottery fragment dated to 7th century BC and written in ancient Hebrew language. It contains early attestation of the word Shabbat. [57] [58] Ketef Hinnom Priestly Blessing. Ketef Hinnom scrolls – Probably the oldest surviving texts currently known from the Hebrew Bible – priestly blessing dated to 600 BC ...
Inscription A, from the Israel Museum The Khirbet Beit Lei graffiti are seven inscriptions in Hebrew in various states of preservation found in the excavations at Khirbet Beit Lei . Of particular interest is one inscription containing a very early appearance in Hebrew of the name ירשלם ( Jerusalem ).
In the early 2nd century BCE, a large precinct was built at the site, featuring a temple built of white ashlar at its center. [57] The precinct, measuring 136 x 212 meters with 2.6-meter-thick walls, incorporated Greek architectural elements. [58] It was made of smooth quarried stones, in contrast to the rough fieldstones used in the earlier ...
The Yeho'ezer ben Hosh'ayahu seal is a rare 2,700-year-old seal of the First Temple Period discovered in Jerusalem in 2024. The seal features an neo-Assyrian styled image of a winged figure with an inscription in Paleo-Hebrew letters of the name of Yehoʼezer ben Hoshʼayahu.
The term First Temple is customarily used to describe the Temple of the pre-exilic period, which is thought to have been destroyed by the Babylonian conquest. It is described in the Bible as having been built by King Solomon and is understood to have been constructed with its Holy of Holies centered on a stone hilltop now known as the Foundation Stone which had been a traditional focus of ...
It consists of the first letters of the Phoenician-Hebrew alphabet: 𐤅𐤄𐤇𐤆𐤈 (right-to-left: wāw, hē, ḥēt, zayin, ṭēt). The Tel Zayit abecedary adds to the corpus of inland Canaanite alphabetic inscriptions from the early Iron Age and thus provides additional evidence for literacy in the region during this period.
The Ophel pithos was found in 2012 during excavations and the find was announced in summer 2013. It is the earliest alphabetical inscription found in Jerusalem. [1] Eilat Mazar has dated the potsherds on which the inscription was written to the 10th century BCE.