03802cam a2200733 a 4500 earlyhistoryofal0000nave CaSfIA 20250723080254.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 830111s1982 is af ob 001 0 eng 83103652 (OCoLC)1348976140 DLC eng DLC MUQ BAKER NLGGC BTCTA UKMGB OCLCO OCLCQ MXL BDX OCLCO JPG DHA MUX OCLCF BHA HUELT OCLCQ L2U CaSfIA 009110027 Uk 9652234362 9789652234360 a-is--- P211 .N29x 1982 PJ3019 .N38 930.27:003.332 411 19 06.10 bcl 492.01 z Naveh, Joseph. Early history of the alphabet : an introduction to West Semitic epigraphy and palaeography / by Joseph Naveh. Jerusalem : Magnes Press, Hebrew University ; Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1982. 1 online resource (ix, 211 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. I. 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. Archive Alphabet History. Semitic languages, West Alphabet. Inscriptions, Semitic. Paleography, Semitic. Langues sémitiques Alphabet. Alphabet Histoire. Paléographie sémitique. Inscriptions sémitiques. 06.10 manuscript studies: general. (NL-LeOCL)077592956 bcl Alphabet. fast (OCoLC)fst00805945 Inscriptions, Semitic. fast (OCoLC)fst00973955 Paleography, Semitic. fast (OCoLC)fst01051483 Epigrafie. gtt Paleografie. gtt Semitische talen. gtt Schrift. gtt Oudheid. gtt History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Pictorial works (form) (NL-LeOCL)088144356 gtt Online version: Naveh, Joseph. Early history of the alphabet. Jerusalem : Magnes Press, Hebrew University ; Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1982 (OCoLC)648518649 https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofal0000nave Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17553071M Additional information and access via Open Library earlyhistoryofal0000nave ark:/13960/s26k74wdk4k