WRITING

(See also Alphabets; Cryptography; Handwriting; Letters; Pen [Writing Implement]; Pencil; Poetry; Writing Department)

Adam: it-2 1212

alphabetic: it-2 1212-1213

advantage in ancient Israel: ed 8

superiority over other ancient forms: ed 8

antiquity: it-1 919

Assyria: it-2 1213

Bible: cl 179, 181-183; jv 575

original documents (autographs): ijwbq article 181

sources not indicated by “this is the history”: it-2 1212

Bible manuscripts:

styles of writing: it-2 312-313; w88 11/15 31; g88 7/22 19, 23

Bible times:

ink: it-1 1201; it-2 879; w12 11/1 15

note-taking: it-2 876

pens: it-2 597, 879; w12 11/1 15

signatures: it-2 942

stylus: it-2 1041

tablets: w10 1/1 11; w08 9/1 13-14

business agreements: lvs 193; lv 168; w06 3/1 23; w06 8/15 19; jd 75; g04 7/22 9-10; w97 8/1 30-31; w86 11/15 16-17

Cameroon:

Bamum script: g 12/07 26-27

chart “Guidelines for Teaching Adults to Read and Write”: g94 2/22 6

China:

handwriting dying out: g02 4/22 28-29

Nu Shu system: g00 7/8 28

cuneiform: w08 12/15 21-22

decipherment: it-1 148

Persian: it-2 611

photos: it-1 958; it-2 324-326, 332; w13 9/1 11

Ras Shamra (Ugarit) texts: it-1 153

discussion: it-2 1212-1213

early Christians: w08 9/1 12-15

Egypt (ancient): it-2 1213

Ethiopia (ancient):

Meroitic cursive: g90 6/22 26

funeral wishes: w09 2/15 30-31

Greece (ancient):

classical writings: gm 19

teaching children: w86 12/1 17-18

Hebrew: it-1 1072, 1076-1077

accent marks: it-1 1072

ancient script: it-1 1072

effect on literacy of ancient Israel: ed 8

Gezer calendar: it-1 960

numbers: it-2 510-511

square-shaped: it-1 1072

vowel points: it-1 1072, 1076-1077

hieroglyphic: it-1 688; it-2 1213

demotic form: it-1 688

hieratic form: it-1 688

Rosetta Stone unlocks: it-1 688; g89 10/22 18; g88 6/8 31

“Hittite”: it-1 1124-1125

India:

root script Brahmi: wj 8

Indus people:

undeciphered: g99 2/8 29

Israel (ancient): it-2 1213; w07 8/15 32; g 11/07 16-17

why so few inscriptions: it-2 1213

Jehovah’s “finger”: si 10

journalism: g 12/10 29; g05 10/22 6

Korea: g02 5/8 12-14

learning to write well: w23.12 20-21, 26-27; w96 2/1 11-12

loan agreements between Christians: w98 11/15 26

materials used in Bible times:

leather: it-2 577

papyrus: it-2 573-574; w12 7/1 11

parchment: it-2 577-578

potsherds: it-2 657; w07 11/15 12

vellum: it-2 578

Maya Indians: g90 5/8 13-15

Moses: si 13

nations near Israel:

sacred writings: gm 13-14

pre-Flood: it-1 459; it-2 1212

Rome (ancient):

classical writings: gm 19