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050 00 $aP211$b.N29 1982
100 1 $aNaveh, Joseph.
245 10 $aEarly history of the alphabet :$ban introduction to West Semitic epigraphy and palaeography /$cby Joseph Naveh.
260 0 $aJerusalem :$bMagnes Press, Hebrew University ;$aLeiden :$bBrill,$cc1982.
300 $aix, 211 p., 24 p. of plates :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aI. Introduction -- 1. Inscriptions and manuscripts -- 2. Epigraphy and palaeography -- 3. The development of scripts and script styles -- 4. Semitic languages and scripts -- II. The rise of Semitic script -- 1. Background -- a. Sumerian cuneiform writing -- b. Egyptian hieroglyphic script -- c. The Hittite "hieroglyphic" script -- d. The Cretan script -- e. Undeciphered scripts in Syria-Palestine -- 2. The beginnings of the alphabet -- III. The south Semitic scripts -- IV. The west Semitic scripts -- 1. The Phoenician script -- 2. The Hebrew script -- 3.The Aramaic script -- 4. Comparative aspects of the Phoenician, Hebrew and Aramaic scripts -- 5. The scripts of Israel's neighbors -- 6. The change from Hebrew to Jewish script -- V. The development of the later Aramaic offshoots -- 1. Aramaic writing in the Iranian world -- 2. The Aramaic script in the East -- a. The south Mesopotamian branch -- b. The north Mesopotamian branch -- c. The Palmyrene-Syriac branch -- 3. The Nabataean script and the rise of the Arabic script -- 4. The Jewish script -- VI. The antiquity of the Greek alphabet.
650 0 $aAlphabet$xHistory.
650 0 $aPaleography, Semitic$xHistory.
650 0 $aSemitic languages, West$xAlphabet.
650 0 $aInscriptions, Semitic.
650 0 $aPaleography, Semitic.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aNaveh, Joseph.$tEarly history of the alphabet.$dJerusalem : Magnes Press, Hebrew University ; Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1982$w(OCoLC)648518649
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