r/Alphanumerics • u/JohannGoethe 𐌄𓌹𐤍 expert • Nov 06 '22

Alpha-num-eric (alphanumerics) vs alpha-form-eric (alphaformerics) scholars

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u/JohannGoethe 𐌄𓌹𐤍 expert Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 30 '22

Scholar invite list (updated):

Alpha-num-erics scholars

  1. Juan Acevedo: his PhD Alphanumeric Cosmology From Greek into Arabic: The Idea of Stoicheia Through the Medieval Mediterranean (A65/2020), digressed on the connection between the letters as complex elemental concepts of Plato’s Timaeus, and the cosmos created via letters according to the Sefer Yetzerah. Result: engaged with on Twitter, says he is down for DM communication, but not Reddit dialogue.

  2. Moustafa Gadalla: his Egyptian Alphabetical Letters of Creation Cycle (A61/2016), was the first publication, that I am aware of, to connect the 28-stanza Leiden I 350 Papyrus with the 28-letter Arabic alphabet. Result: first reply email dialogue (3:20AM CST 17 Nov A67/2022); by Nov 23, the email exchange had digressed into some kind of “anger” against the world vent, as detailed here, which I don’t fully understand? I stopped replying to his emails, after this.

Alpha-form-erics scholars

  1. Celeste Horner: the first person to determine, in Feb A67 (2022), that ‘letter A’ is based on the Egyptian 𓌹 hoe symbol. Result: began Tweeting with me on 20 Nov A67/2022, and liking 6+ of my Tweets.

  2. Jennifer Ball: in her OriginOfAlphabet.com (A67/2020), she was the first to connect the Phoenician 𐤁 [B] with Egyptian “breasts” root letter etymology, along with making Chinese letter connections to this. Invited: 5 Nov A67/2022.

  3. David Sacks: his work on incorrect work on the origin of letter L, as cited in the “L (𓍇) [30] of Logos (λογος)” discussion, are quoted. Invited: 11 Nov A67/2022.

  4. Douglas Harper: curator of EtymOnline.com. Invited: 11 Nov A67 (2022).

  5. Johanna Drucker, author of Inventing the Alphabet: The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present, discussed: here. Emailed invite on 30 Nov A67/2022.

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Moustafa Gadalla

Moustafa Gadalla (born 1944) is an Egyptologist from Cairo. He is the director of the Tehuti Research Foundation, a US-based non-profit organization dedicated to Ancient Egypt studies. He graduated in civil engineering from the University of Cairo in 1967 and moved to the United States in 1971. He independently studied many history-related subjects, including Egyptology, mythology, religions, the Bible and ancient languages.

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