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Author Helmont, Franciscus Mercurius van, 1614-1699.

Title The alphabet of nature / by F.M. van Helmont ; translated with an introduction and annotations by Allison P. Coudert & Taylor Corse
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xlvi, 213 pages) : illustrations
Series Aries book series ; v. 3
Aries book series ; v. 3.
Contents List of Plates; Introduction; Note on the Text; Alphabeti vere Naturalis Hebraici -- A Short Sketch of the Truly Natural Hebrew Alphabet; Images; Bibliography
Summary F M van Helmont's "Alphabet of Nature" was one of many books published about language in the early modern period. At issue were questions about whether language is natural or artificial, ordained by God or created by man. It is therefore not surprising that van Helmont wrote his book while imprisoned. This work covers this topic
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-208) and index
Notes Translated from the Latin
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Subject Hebrew language -- Alphabet -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800
Hebrew language -- Alphabet -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- Early works to 1800
Cabala and Christianity -- Early works to 1800
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Hebrew.
Cabala and Christianity
Hebrew language -- Alphabet -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Alphabet
Genre/Form Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Corse, Taylor, 1951-
LC no. 2006051893
ISBN 9789047419983
9047419987
Other Titles Alphabeti vere naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineatio. English