page_title: History of the Hebrew alphabet
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Hebrew alphabet
caption_attribution_description: English: Joshua 1:1 in the Aleppo Codex. עברית: ספר יהושע א א בכתב יד כתר ארם צובא
context_page_description: The Hebrew alphabet is a development from the Aramaic alphabet taking place during the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman periods. It replaced the so-called Paleo-Hebrew alphabet which was used in the earliest epigraphic records of the Hebrew language.
context_section_description: The Hebrew alphabet is a development from the Aramaic alphabet taking place during the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman periods (c. 500 BCE – 50 CE). It replaced the so-called Paleo-Hebrew alphabet which was used in the earliest epigraphic records of the Hebrew language.
caption: Aleppo Codex: 10th century Hebrew Bible with Masoretic pointing
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