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The history of the greek alphabet starts with the adoption of phoenician letter forms and continues to the present day. Early history of the alphabet paperback september 5, 2015. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Early history of the alphabet an introduction to west semitic epigraphy and palaeography, jerusalemleiden 1982. Books by joseph naveh author of early history of the. Endnote 2 how the alphabet was born from hieroglyphs. How the alphabet was born from hieroglyphs the bas library. Reaktion books, 2005 joseph naveh, early history of the alphabet.
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