George E. Mendenhall
American biblical scholar and Near Eastern philologist at the University of Michigan (1916 to 2016), author of The Syllabic Inscriptions from Byblos (1985), the fullest decipherment claim, which reads the texts as an archaic West Semitic language of about 2400 BC. 1916–2016.
The Byblos syllabaryGeorge E. Mendenhall is american Old Testament scholar and Semitist, University of Michigan; proposed the 1985 syllabic decipherment (1916–2016), and appears in the record of Byblos syllabary as american biblical scholar and Near Eastern philologist at the University of Michigan (1916 to 2016), author of The Syllabic Inscriptions from Byblos (1985), the fullest decipherment claim, which reads the texts as an archaic West Semitic language of about 2400 BC.
One event on the site involves Mendenhall: George Mendenhall publishes The Syllabic Inscriptions from Byblos, reading an archaic West Semitic language (1985).
Two questions rest in part on what Mendenhall did or said, among them “What language do the Byblos pseudo-hieroglyphic inscriptions record?”, which stands open: 6 answers, none ahead.
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Mysteries Department. (2026). George E. Mendenhall [Person FIG0DEDHYH9EGZF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDHYH9EGZF
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