Palestinian Middle Aramaic

A Complete Course
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-20787-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

Palestinian Middle Aramaic is a comprehensive textbook providing a systematic approach to the Palestinian Aramaic language in its middle to late phases (circa 200 BCE–700 CE).

Designed for students without prior knowledge of Biblical Hebrew or other Semitic languages, the course begins with an introduction to Aramaic phonology, script, and vocalization. Following this are forty structured lessons covering nominal forms, pronouns, prepositions, verbal stems, weak verbs, syntax, numerals, and distinctive features of related Palestinian Aramaic traditions. Clear grammatical progression is combined with extensive reading practice and exercises. The grammar is based primarily on Targum Onkelos, while notes highlight important variants from Galilean, Samaritan, Christian Palestinian, and Biblical Aramaic. The volume includes verbal paradigms, a chrestomathy of Jewish, Samaritan, and Christian texts, and bilingual glossaries.

Palestinian Middle Aramaic is intended for students of Aramaic, Jewish studies, early Christianity, biblical studies, and comparative Semitic linguistics. Balancing scholarly rigor with accessibility, this textbook is suitable for both academic courses and self-study.

The textbook is accompanied by audio files for pronunciation practice, translations of selected texts, and an exercise key, which are available at www.routledge.com/9781041202523.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akopian, Arman

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Aramaic across the ages: language, peoples, traditions

SECTION ONE: SCRIPT AND PHONOLOGY

Lessons A - F

SECTION TWO: ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR

Lesson 1 - 40

Über Autor(innen)

Arman Akopian, Ph.D., studied history and languages of the Middle East at the Universities of Yerevan (Armenia) and Amman (Jordan). He began his academic career as a research fellow at the Yerevan Institute of Middle East Studies in 1989, and later taught Arabic, Hebrew, and Syriac studies at the University of Yerevan. His major publications include extensive grammars of Modern Hebrew and Classical Syriac, and an Introduction to Aramean and Syriac Studies.