The Lunar Origin of the Alphabet
Edition: First: 40 copies
Series: abstract 1
Publisher: Letters
Published: 2008 [10 January]
Place of publication: Toronto
Format: Leaflet
Number of pages: 4
Work titles: history
Description: Precis of the hypothesis introduced in God's Wand (2002) and expanded in God's Shadow (2004), Shrouded in Scripture (2004) and Myth as Math (2007), that the alphabet was conceived as a mnemonic of the phases of lunation. Eight editions to date: [2] 11 January 08 (59 copies); [3] 19 January 08 (52 copies); [3.2] 23 January (41 copies, third edition seconnd print); [4] 24 January 08 (91 copies); [5] 6 February 08 (62 copies); [6] 27 February 08 (72 copies); [7] 27 April 08 (50 copies); [8] 10 April 08 (50 copies). Cover of the eighth edition illustrated above, with its text available at http://www.archive.org/details/TheLunarOriginOfTheAlphabet.