The Semitic Alphabets / / Isaac Taylor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Taylor, Isaac,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Kiraz Historical Grammars Archive
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents Of Vol. I --; Tables --; Illustrations --; Chapter I . The Inventors Of Writing --; Chapter II. The Origin Of The Alphabet --; Chapter III. The Primitive Letters --; Chapter IV. The Phœnician Alphabet --; Chapter V. The Aramean Alphabets --; Chapter VI. The South Semitic Alphabets
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463233273; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463233273
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Isaac Taylor.

Isaac Taylor (1829-1901) is best known for his archaeological and philological works, especially his detailed study of the alphabets published in 1883. This book on the Semitic alphabets comprises the first volume of Taylor’s 1883 study. Taylor begins with a discussion on the invention of writing and the origin of the alphabet, then gives a discussion of three alphabetic families, what he calls the Phoenician alphabet, the Aramean alphabets (covering Palmyra, Hebrew, Syriac, Mongolian, and Arabic), and the south Semitic alphabets (covering Sabean and Ethiopic).