Gordon Cyrus H. Evidence for the Minoan Language

Ventnor Publishers, 1966. — 68 p.This monograph aims at providing qualified scholars with all the evidence they need for understanding the Northwest Semitic character of Minoan. One of several valid ways of summarizing the thesis is as follows:
(1) the decipherment of Mycenaean makes it possible to pronounce most of the Minoan syllabary (114);
(2) virtual bilinguals provide opening wedges for identifying the Minoan language (115-116);
(3) contextual evidence (117-123) yields Northwest Semitic readings known from comparable Phoenician inscriptions (120-124);
(4) Eteocretan is a continuation of Minoan (124);
(5) the North- west Semitic character of Minoan-Eteocretan is confirmed by the Dreros bilinguals (19-31).