"Without question the most comprehensive work ever published on
this subject."--Times Literary Supplement
"Recommended for most reference collections."--Library Journal
"Divided into thirteen parts from grammatology to printing, it
provides succinct and accurate descriptions of all the languages of
the biblical world in addition to all others....an unusually
informative collection...it will be of great value to those working
in Near Eastern and biblical fields and will remain an
indispensable tool for scholars and students for many years to
come."--Religious Studies Review
"A wonderful book....A valuable contribution to the study of
writing and one which will be of great practical use."--Bryn Mawr
Classical Review
"A remarkable reference....This volume is the only comprehensive
resource covering every major writing system and the way scripts
relate to the languages they represent. It is a resource that
belongs in every library's reference section and in the personal
library of anyonw with a deep-seated interest in
language."--Cryptologia
"Ranging from cuneiform to shorthand, from archaic Greek to modern
Chinese, from old Persian to Cherokee, this is the only available
work in English to cover all of the world's writing systems from
ancient times to the present."--Bulletin of Science, Technology and
Society
"It is difficult to imagine that anything more comprehensive will
ever supersede this work."--Andrews University Seminary Studies
"Without question the most comprehensive work ever published on
this subject."--Times Literary Supplement
"Recommended for most reference collections."--Library Journal
"Divided into thirteen parts from grammatology to printing, it
provides succinct and accurate descriptions of all the languages of
the biblical world in addition to all others....an unusually
informative collection...it will be of great value to those working
in Near Eastern and biblical fields and will remain an
indispensable tool for scholars and students for many years to
come."--Religious Studies Review
"A wonderful book....A valuable contribution to the study of
writing and one which will be of great practical use."--Bryn Mawr
Classical Review
"A remarkable reference....This volume is the only comprehensive
resource covering every major writing system and the way scripts
relate to the languages they represent. It is a resource that
belongs in every library's reference section and in the personal
library of anyonw with a deep-seated interest in
language."--Cryptologia
"Ranging from cuneiform to shorthand, from archaic Greek to modern
Chinese, from old Persian to Cherokee, this is the only available
work in English to cover all of the world's writing systems from
ancient times to the present."--Bulletin of Science, Technology and
Society
"It is difficult to imagine that anything more comprehensive will
ever supersede this work."--Andrews University Seminary Studies
" . . . a monumental achievement . . ."--Semiotica
"Daniels and Bright have given us a fascinating volume that will
earn its place in reference libraries."--Notes on Linguistics
"The editors, together with dozens of collaborating specialists,
have produced not just a massive but a masterly, monumental, almost
encyclopedic book."--General Linguistics
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