This is the third edition of the late Sir Godfrey Driver's Schweich Lectures, first delivered in 1944.
The present edition is based on extensive revisions and additions made by the author himself.
The third edition takes account of research and discoveries in the fields of Semitic epigraphy and the theory of writing.
It deals with cuneiform scripts, the origins of alphabetic writing, its development from the earliest records until its transmission to the Greeks, and covers all the more important North-Semitic inscriptions. Theories regarding forms of letters, their names, place in the alphabetical sequence etc. are discussed at length.
By:
G R Driver Imprint: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 3rd Revised edition Dimensions:
Height: 239mm,
Width: 158mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 678g ISBN:9780197259177 ISBN 10: 0197259170 Series:Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology Pages: 362 Publication Date:22 September 2005 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active