John Healey, Rex Smith

A Brief Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet

Its Origins and Various Forms

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An accessible examination of the origins of one of the world's oldest languages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 122g
• ISBN-13: 9780863564314
• ISBN-10: 0863564313
• Artikelnr.: 23802513

Autorenporträt

John Healey is Professor of Semitic Studies at the University of Manchester. Publications include The Early Alphabet (British Museum Press/University of California Press, London/Berkeley, 1990) and The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada'in Salih (OUP, 1993). Rex Smith is an Arabist, historian, and scholar of the medieval history of the Yemen. Publications include New Arabian Studies (vols. 1-6; University of Exeter Press)

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: I The Alphabet before Islam II The Origin of the Arabic Alphabet III The Earliest Arabic Scripts - Pre- and Early Islamic Inscriptions IV The Arabic Papyri V The Classical Arabic Scripts - Kufic and naskh VI The Arabic Scripts beyond the Arabic Heartlands - North Africa, Iran and Turkey VII Arabic Writing Today Acknowledgements/List of Illustrations Bibliography/Further Reading