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The Semitic Alphabets / Isaac Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Kiraz Historical Grammars ArchivePublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781611436815
  • 9781463233273
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 492 23
LOC classification:
  • PJ3019 .T395 2011
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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).
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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

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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).

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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