Early history of the alphabet : : an introduction to West Semitic epigraphy and palaeography / / Joseph Naveh.

• VerfasserIn: Naveh, Joseph,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill Academic Publishers,, 1982.
• Year of Publication: 1982
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 222 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 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 the 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 Neighbours -- 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 -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Plates -- Index -- PLATES.