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Languages from the World of the Bible /

The alphabetic script is part of the lasting heritage of the ancient Near East. It unites a number of newly-emerging civilizations in ancient Syria-Palestine, which together constitute the immediate background of the Hebrew Bible. Transformed by the impact of Hellenism, they also shaped the social-h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gzella, Holger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2011]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • On Transcription
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The Alphabet
  • Ugaritic
  • Phoenician
  • Ancient Hebrew
  • The Languages of Transjordan
  • Old and Imperial Aramaic
  • Old South Arabian
  • Old Persian
  • Greek
  • West Semitic and Greek letterforms
  • Maps
  • Index.