Introduction= 1

ONE
When Did the Alphabet Become "Greek"?

TWO
Divine Gifts: Original Letters, Moses, and the Tablets at Mount Sinai = 35

THREE
Medieval Copyists: Magical Letters, Mythic Scripts, and Exotic Alphabets = 57

FOURThe Confusion of Tongues and Compendia of Scripts = 89

FIVE
Antiquity Explained: The Origin and Progress of Letters = 123

SIX
The Rhetoric of Tables and the Harmony of Alphabets = 153

SEVEN
Modern Archaeology: Putting the Evidence of the Alphabet in Place = 187

EIGHT
Reading the Early Alphabet: Epigraphy and Paleography = 225

NInE
Alphabet Effects and the Politics of Script = 267

CODA

Alphabetic Agency and Global Hegemony = 295

Notes 307 Selected Bibliography 347 Index = 36