Sara Japhet (sometimes Sarah Yefet,שרה יפת ‎; November 18, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli biblical scholar.

[1] She was the Yehezkel Kaufmann Professor Emerita of Bible Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

[5][7] Japhet won the Israel Prize in 2004 for her contribution to Biblical studies focusing on the Second Temple period.

A. Clines, J. Cheryl Exum, Jacob Milgrom, Yairah Amit, and Emanuel Tov.

Her son Gilad Japhet is a businessman and an Israeli genealogist, CEO and founder of MyHeritage.