Author : Joseph Naveh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Alphabet
ISBN : 1590459539
Early History of the Alphabet
Joseph Naveh
Early History Of The Alphabet
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Inventing the Alphabet
Johanna Drucker
Author : Johanna Drucker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226815800
Inventing the Alphabet by Johanna Drucker Pdf
The first comprehensive intellectual history of alphabet studies. Inventing the Alphabet provides the first account of two-and-a-half millennia of scholarship on the alphabet. Drawing on decades of research, Johanna Drucker dives into sometimes obscure and esoteric references, dispelling myths and identifying a pantheon of little-known scholars who contributed to our modern understandings of the alphabet, one of the most important inventions in human history. Beginning with Biblical tales and accounts from antiquity, Drucker traces the transmission of ancient Greek thinking about the alphabet’s origin and debates about how Moses learned to read. The book moves through the centuries, finishing with contemporary concepts of the letters in alpha-numeric code used for global communication systems. Along the way, we learn about magical and angelic alphabets, antique inscriptions on coins and artifacts, and the comparative tables of scripts that continue through the development of modern fields of archaeology and paleography. This is the first book to chronicle the story of the intellectual history through which the alphabet has been “invented” as an object of scholarship.
Early History of the Alphabet
Jōsēf Nāwe
Author : Jōsēf Nāwe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9652234362
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The Early Alphabet
John F. Healey
Author : John F. Healey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520073096
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.
Early History of the Alphabet
Joseph Naveh
Author : Joseph Naveh
Publisher : Brill
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Alphabet
ISBN : UCSC:32106006834631
Early History of the Alphabet by Joseph Naveh Pdf
Alphabetic writing is one of the principal features of Western culture. Our knowledge of the early history, development and spread of the alphabet is constantly changing. This introduction to West Semitic epigraphy and paleography is the author's personal way of introducing this field of study on the basis of the evidence available to date.
Early History of the Alphabet
Joseph Naveh
Author : Joseph Naveh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004665583
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Reading the Past
C. B. Walker,John Chadwick
Author : C. B. Walker,John Chadwick
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0520074319
Reading the Past by C. B. Walker,John Chadwick Pdf
Contains six previously published titles brought together in a single volume.
A Place for Everything
Judith Flanders
Author : Judith Flanders
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781541675063
A Place for Everything by Judith Flanders Pdf
From a New York Times-bestselling historian comes the story of how the alphabet ordered our world. A Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia. The story of alphabetical order has been shaped by some of history's most compelling characters, such as industrious and enthusiastic early adopter Samuel Pepys and dedicated alphabet champion Denis Diderot. But though even George Washington was a proponent, many others stuck to older forms of classification -- Yale listed its students by their family's social status until 1886. And yet, while the order of the alphabet now rules -- libraries, phone books, reference books, even the order of entry for the teams at the Olympic Games -- it has remained curiously invisible. With abundant inquisitiveness and wry humor, historian Judith Flanders traces the triumph of alphabetical order and offers a compendium of Western knowledge, from A to Z. A Times (UK) Best Book of 2020
Significance of the Alphabet
Charles V. Kraitsir
Author : Charles V. Kraitsir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Alphabet
ISBN : UOM:39015006566593
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The World's Oldest Alphabet
Douglas Petrovich
Author : Douglas Petrovich
Publisher : Hendrickson Academic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Alphabet
ISBN : 9652208841
The World's Oldest Alphabet by Douglas Petrovich Pdf
For about 150 years, scholars have attempted to identify the language of the world's first alphabetic script, and to translate some of the inscriptions that use it. Until now, their attempts have accomplished little more than identifying most of the pictographic letters and translating a few of the Semitic words. With the publication of The World's Oldest Alphabet, a new day has dawned. All of the disputed letters have been resolved, while the language has been identified conclusively as Hebrew, allowing for the translation of 16 inscriptions that date from 1842 to 1446 BC. It is the author's reading that these inscriptions expressly name three biblical figures (Asenath, Ahisamach, and Moses) and greatly illuminate the earliest Israelite history in a way that no other book has achieved, apart from the Bible.
Letter Perfect
David Sacks
Author : David Sacks
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780307371034
Letter Perfect by David Sacks Pdf
Letters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions -- the alphabet. The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter’s particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why the letter X has a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word “mother” in many languages starts with M, and what is the story of O. Packed with information and lavishly illustrated, Letter Perfect is not only accessible and entertaining, but essential to the appreciation of our own language.
Origins of the Alphabet
Joseph Naveh
Author : Joseph Naveh
Publisher : Concordia Publishing House
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Alphabet
ISBN : 0304293369
Origins of the Alphabet by Joseph Naveh Pdf
Read about the development of alphabets and scripts, the evolution of modern letter forms, more.
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess
Leonard Shlain
Author : Leonard Shlain
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0140196013
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess by Leonard Shlain Pdf
This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values. Writing drove cultures toward linear left-brain thinking and this shift upset the balance between men and women, initiating the decline of the feminine and ushering in patriarchal rule. Examining the cultures of the Israelites, Greeks, Christians, and Muslims, Shlain reinterprets ancient myths and parables in light of his theory. Provocative and inspiring, this book is a paradigm-shattering work that will transform your view of history and the mind.
The Alphabet
David Diringer
Author : David Diringer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Alphabet
ISBN : UOM:39015031111795
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The History of the Alphabet
Isaac Taylor
Author : Isaac Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Alphabets
ISBN : IOWA:31858002241416