Deciphering The Proto Sinaitic Script

Author : Paul D. LeBlanc
Publisher : Subclass Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780995284401

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Deciphering the Proto-Sinaitic Script by Paul D. LeBlanc Pdf

Egypt, Judaism, and the history of the alphabet intersect in Deciphering The Proto-Sinaitic Script. From its initial appearance, in around the 18th century BC, the origins of proto–Sinaitic writing can be traced back to Egypt’s Middle Kingdom period, when it was somehow derived from the hieroglyphs, its parent–system. The importance of proto–Sinaitic lies in the fact that it represents the alphabet’s earliest developmental period—a kind of ‘missing link’ between the hieroglyphs and these early Semitic alphabets from which our own Latin one descends, by way of the Phoenician and Greek. However, up until now, proto-Sinaitic has remained for the most part undeciphered. The intriguing possibility of giving voice to a lost culture or civilization from thousands of years ago is tantalizing. Representing one of the most enticing problems in modern archaeology, the enigmatic allure surrounding ancient languages and the undeciphered scripts in which they are encoded is truly vexing. In his bold and original research, LeBlanc argues convincingly to have solved the mystery and uncovers some incredibly enthralling information about the people who invented it: The epigraphic evidence suggests that the Egyptianized Canaanites who first devised the proto–Sinaitic script were surprisingly instrumental in the formation of early Israelite culture and proto–Judaism.

Author : William Foxwell Albright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Canaanite language
ISBN : UVA:X000086021

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The Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions and Their Decipherment by William Foxwell Albright Pdf

Author : Koen Bostoen,Gilles-Maurice de Schryver,Rozenn Guérois,Sara Pacchiarotti
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961104062

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On reconstructing Proto-Bantu grammar by Koen Bostoen,Gilles-Maurice de Schryver,Rozenn Guérois,Sara Pacchiarotti Pdf

This book is about reconstructing the grammar of Proto-Bantu, the ancestral language at the origin of current-day Bantu languages. While Bantu is a low-level branch of Niger-Congo, the world’s biggest phylum, it is still Africa’s biggest language family. This edited volume attempts to retrieve the phonology, morphology and syntax used by the earliest Bantu speakers to communicate with each other, discusses methods to do so, and looks at issues raised by these academic endeavours. It is a collective effort involving a fine mix of junior and senior scholars representing several generations of expert historical-comparative Bantu research. It is the first systematic approach to Proto-Bantu grammar since Meeussen’s Bantu Grammatical Reconstructions (1967). Based on new bodies of evidence from the last five decades, most notably from northwestern Bantu languages, this book considerably transforms our understanding of Proto-Bantu grammar and offers new methodological approaches to Bantu grammatical reconstruction.

Author : Rajat K Pal
Publisher : Chirayata
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Reading the Indus- Sarasvati Script by Rajat K Pal Pdf

In this book writer used a different technique to decipher Indus script via phonetic values of basic Indus signs, vowel diacritics ,letters used to mention quantity (number, volume and weight) etc. He has gone through the pottery inscriptions first and tablets thereafter and then discussed about the names and other words found in Indus seals and inscribed on other items. Out of 4000 inscriptions found so far , of which 2000 are still readable, Rajat was able to read 1,296 Sarasvati Scripts, it took 15 years. Now all his methods and the journey to decipher the Script has been put into this book.

Author : C. B. Walker,John Chadwick
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0520074319

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Reading the Past by C. B. Walker,John Chadwick Pdf

Contains six previously published titles brought together in a single volume.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004508873

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Variation, Contact, and Reconstruction in the Ancient Indo-European Languages by Anonim Pdf

This book reflects the vibrancy of historical linguistics, showing how research on ancient Indo-European languages contributes to the understanding of the principles and patterns of language organization and change, including studies on typologically natural tendencies and cognitive universals.

Author : Amnon Ben-Tor
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300059191

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The Archaeology of Ancient Israel by Amnon Ben-Tor Pdf

In this illustrated book, some of Israel's foremost archaeologists present a survey of early life in the land of the Bible, from the Neolithic era (eighth millenium BC) to the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BC. Each chapter covers a particular era and includes a bibliography.

Author : Martin-Jan Mulder
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 961 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004275102

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The Literature of the Jewish People in the Period of the Second Temple and the Talmud, Volume 1 Mikra by Martin-Jan Mulder Pdf

Series: Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum Section 1 - The Jewish people in the first century Historial geography, political history, social, cultural and religious life and institutions Edited by S. Safrai and M. Stern in cooperation with D. Flusser and W.C. van Unnik Section 2 - The Literature of the Jewish People in the Period of the Second Temple and the Talmud Section 3 - Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature

Author : Philippa M. Steele,Philip J. Boyes
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781789250954

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Understanding Relations Between Scripts II by Philippa M. Steele,Philip J. Boyes Pdf

Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS) is a project funded by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 677758), and based in the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge. Understanding Relations Between Scripts II: Early Alphabets is the first volume in this series, bringing together ten experts on ancient writing, languages and archaeology to present a set of diverse studies on the early development of alphabetic writing systems and their spread across the Levant and Mediterranean during the second and first millennia BC. By taking an interdisciplinary perspective, it sheds new light on alphabetic writing not just as a tool for recording language but also as an element of culture.

Author : John F. Healey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520073096

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The Early Alphabet by John F. Healey Pdf

00 In this generously illustrated book, John Healey outlines the basic principles of the early alphabet and describes the first attempts at alphabetic writing in the Semitic languages. In this generously illustrated book, John Healey outlines the basic principles of the early alphabet and describes the first attempts at alphabetic writing in the Semitic languages.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2002 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : OSU:32435081357840

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress Pdf

Author : Robert K. Logan
Publisher : Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114269603

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The Alphabet Effect by Robert K. Logan Pdf

This book is a study of this evolution of writing systems. It describes the role the phonetic alphabet has played in the development of Western civilization. Drawing a variety of conclusions about how societies advance, the author shows how the advent of mass communication and the use of computers affect how we communicate.

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1924 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : UOM:39015079817071

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office Pdf

Author : Joseph Naveh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004665583

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Early History of the Alphabet by Joseph Naveh Pdf

Author : I. C. McManus
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0674016130

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Right Hand, Left Hand by I. C. McManus Pdf

McManus considers evidence from anthropology, particle physics, the history of medicine, and the notebooks of Leonardo to answer questions like: Why are most people right-handed? Why does European writing go from left to right, while Arabic and Hebrew go from right to left? And how do we know that Jack the Ripper was left-handed?