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.