Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscriptions, Volume IV

Aramaic Inscriptions and Documents of the Roman Period
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-925256-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 746 g

In the first centuries AD, although much of the Near East was ruled by Rome, the main local language was Aramaic, and the people who lived inside or on the fringes of the area controlled by the Romans frequently wrote their inscriptions and legal documents in their own local dialects of this language. This book introduces these fascinating early texts to a wider audience, by presenting a representative sample, comprising eighty inscriptions and documents in the following dialects: Nabataean, Jewish, Palmyrene, Syriac, and Hatran. Detailed commentaries on the texts are preceded by chapters on history and culture and on epigraphy and language. The linguistic commentaries will help readers who have a knowledge of Hebrew or Arabic or one of the Aramaic dialects to understand the difficulties involved in interpreting such materials. The translations and more general comments will be of great interest to classicists and ancient historians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Healey, John F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schrift, Paläographie, Orthographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Historical and Cultural Introduction

- 2: Epigraphic and Linguistic Introduction

- 3: Nabataean Inscriptions and Papyri

- 4: Jewish (Palestinian) Aramaic Inscriptions and Papyri

- 5: Palmyrene Inscriptions

- 6: Early Syriac (Edessan Aramaic) Inscriptions and Parchments

- 7: Hatran Inscriptions

Über Autor(innen)

John F. Healey is Professor of Semitic Studies at the University of Manchester.