"Someone Will Succeed in Deciphering Minoan": Cyrus H. Gordon and Minoan Linear A
After a decade of research on the interconnections between Greece, Ugarit, and Israel, with Crete as the hub, Gordon approached the decipherment of Minoan Linear A. Previous scholars had realized that Linear A was not Greek as in Linear B. Gordon stepped in to assert, controversially, that the langu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1996
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1996, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-43 |
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| Summary: | After a decade of research on the interconnections between Greece, Ugarit, and Israel, with Crete as the hub, Gordon approached the decipherment of Minoan Linear A. Previous scholars had realized that Linear A was not Greek as in Linear B. Gordon stepped in to assert, controversially, that the language of Minoan Linear A was a West Semitic dialect. |
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| Reference: | Errata "Corrigenda and Obscurus: "Someone Will Succeed in Deciphering Minoan": Minoan Linear A as a West Semitic Dialect (1996)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210534 |