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AAnnddrreewwss UUnniivveerrssiittyy DDiiggiittaall CCoommmmoonnss @@ AAnnddrreewwss UUnniivveerrssiittyy Master's Theses Graduate Research 1994 TThhee OOrriiggiinn aanndd TTrraannssmmiissssiioonn ooff tthhee AAllpphhaabbeett Joaquim Azevedo Andrews University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/theses RReeccoommmmeennddeedd CCiittaattiioonn Azevedo, Joaquim, "The Origin and Transmission of the Alphabet" (1994). Master's Theses. 28. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/theses/28 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thank you for your interest in the Andrews University Digital Library of Dissertations and Theses . 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Order Number 1SG86S1 The origin and transmission of the alphabet Âzevedo, Joaquim, M.A. Andrews University, 1994 Copyright ©1994 by Axevedo, Joaquim. All rights reserved. U M I 300N.ZeebR(L Ann Aibor. MI 48106 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary THE ORIGIN AND TRANSMISSION OF THE ALPHABET A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts by Joaquim Azevedo June 1994 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Copyright by Joaquim Azevedo 1994 All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. THE ORIGIN AND TRANSMISSION OF THE ALPHABET A chesis presented in partial fulfillment of the reauirements for the degree Master of Arts by Joaquim Azevedo APPROVAL BY-THE COMMITTEE: orfjell, Ph.D., Chair Jacques B. Doukhan, Th.D. yfpprôi , M.A Date Approved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES......................................... vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.................................. vii Chapter I. INTRODUCTION ..................................... 1 Statement of the Problem.................... 1 Practical Importance of the Problem . . . . 2 Literature Review ........................... 3 Ancient Writers........................... 3 Modern Writers Concerning the Origin of the Alphabet....................... 4 The Egyptian Theory.................. 5 The Cuneiform Theory.................. 5 The Cretan Theory.................... 6 The Cyprus-Minoan Theory.............. 7 The Hittite Theory.................... 7 The Sinaitic Theory .................. 7 The Twelfth Dynasty Way of Writing Foreign Names Theory ............. 9 The Pseudo-Hieroglyph (PH) Theory . . 10 Modern Writers Concerning the Transmission of the Alphabet......... 12 14 OOB.C................................ 12 1200 B.C................................ 13 1100 B.C................................ 14 900 B.C................................. 15 800 B.C................................. 16 Ca. Eighth Century B.C................ 17 Hypothesis.................................... 18 Assumption.................................... 18 Limitation..................................... 18 Research Methodology......................... 20 Instrumentation........................... 20 Sampling.................................. 20 II. THE ORIGIN OF THE PROTO-CANAANITE ALPHABET . . 22 The Pseudo-Hieroglyphic Script.............. 23 Cretan Script ................................ 26 Cypriot Script................................ 28 Proto-Sinaitic Script ....................... 29 iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
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