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050		0	_aP211 _b.N38 1982
100	1		_aNaveh, Joseph.
245	1	0	_aEarly history of the alphabet : _ban introduction to West Semitic epigraphy and palaeography / _cby Joseph Naveh.
260			_aJerusalem : _bMagnes Press, Hebrew University ; _aLeiden, Netherlands : _bE.J. Brill, _c1982.
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 the Semitic Script : 1. Ackground : 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.
650		0	_aAlphabet _xHistory.
650		0	_aSemitic languages, West _xAlphabet.
650		0	_aInscriptions, Semitic.
650		0	_aPaleography, Semitic.
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