Hamilton, Gordon J.  1951- <br/><br/>
The origins of the West Semitic alphabet in Egyptian scripts / 
by Gordon J. Hamilton. 
 - xxv, 433 páginas :  ilustraciones ;  23 cm. 
 - The Catholic Biblical quarterly.  Monograph series ;  40. .
<br/><br/>Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 407-431) e índice. 
<br/><br/>INTRODUCTION – The aims of this monograph – Terms – The egyptian prototypes of the alphbetic letter forms – The proto-canaanite letter forms and stances – The acrophonic letter names – The format for titles end usage of names in chapters 2 and 3 – The two orders of the letters – A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE  PROTO-CANAANITE ALPHABET – CONCLUSIONS – The egyptian antecedents of the proto-canaanite letter forms – Letter names – Chronological concerns – A preliminary correlation of the selection of certain signs with aspects of the material culture – The adoption and adaptation of signs depicting the human form – Summary: The relative simplicity of the proto-canaanite alphabet. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>091517040X (alk. paper) 9780915170401 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Egipcio--Escritura hierática.<br/>Egipcio--Escritura jeroglífica.<br/>Escritura protocananea.<br/>Lenguas semíticas de Occidente--Alfabeto.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PJ4107  / .H36 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>492.0411  / H218o