In the Beginning, Was There a Word?
The article discusses the genesis of words in ancient texts from both ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Topics include no indication of boundaries of words in the Mesopotamian scribes, medievalist Paul Saenger' finding regarding the introduction of spaces along with silent reading in class...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 66-67 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Biblical archaeology
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| Further subjects: | B
Vocabulary
B CLASSICAL letters B ANCIENT literature B SAENGER, Paul B ALPHABETS |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The article discusses the genesis of words in ancient texts from both ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Topics include no indication of boundaries of words in the Mesopotamian scribes, medievalist Paul Saenger' finding regarding the introduction of spaces along with silent reading in classical and medieval texts, and no evidence of spaces in alphabetic writing until about 1,200 years following the invention of the alphabet. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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