Aramaic in Its Historical and Linguistic SettingHolger Gzella, M. L. Folmer This volume contains contributions by W. Arnold, S.E. Fassberg, M.L. Folmer, W.R. Garr, A. Gianto, H. Gzella, J.F. Healey, O. Jastrow, J. Joosten, O. Kapeliuk, S.A. Kaufman, G. Khan, R. Kuty, A. Lemaire, E. Lipinski, H.L. Murre-van den Berg, C. Morrison, N. Pat-El, W.Th. van Peursen, and A. Tal. They discuss central issues of Aramaic linguistics in the light of the most recent research: editions of primary source material; extensive historical and linguistic overviews on matters of classification and language change; detailed studies of grammatical and lexical topics analyzing data from different Aramaic languages, for instance determination and tense-aspect-modality systems. Several papers closely interact with each other. As a whole, they bridge the gap between ancient and modern forms of Aramaic by providing a more comprehensive approach to this language group and its attested history of three millennia. Thanks to a sharp thematic focus, wide-ranging discussions of a great amount of material, and up-to-date theoretical frameworks, these proceedings can also act as a modern handbook of Aramaic in all its complexity. All articles are thematically arranged, fully indexed and cross-referenced. |
Contents
Aramaic Broken Plurals in the Wider Semitic Context | 27 |
The Forms of Son and Daughter in Aramaic | 41 |
A Note on Subordination | 55 |
Remarks on the Aramaic of Upper Mesopotamia | 77 |
The Septuagint as a Source of Information | 93 |
The Arsacid Inscriptions | 107 |
The Use and Form of the nota objecti | 131 |
The Role of Targum Onqelos | 159 |
Language Variation Language Development | 231 |
The Function of qtal hwā in the Acts of Judas Thomas | 257 |
The Expression of Definiteness | 287 |
The Roots qrt and qrs in Western NeoAramaic | 305 |
The Perfect Tenses in Urmi NeoAramaic | 313 |
Classical Syriac NeoAramaic and Arabic in the Church | 335 |
The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project and TwentyFirst | 353 |
Prospects in Aramaic Studies | 373 |
The Determined Plural Ending ē in Targum Onqelos | 173 |
Remarks on the Syntax of the Participle | 207 |
The Context in Contemporary Aramaic | 221 |
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Common terms and phrases
Achaemenid Akkadian appears Arabic Aramaic dialects Aramaic Language attested ATTM Babylonian Aramaic Beyer Biblical Aramaic Biblical Hebrew Brill Brock broken plural century B.C. Classical Syriac context definite article definite inanimate deixis demonstrative Deut direct object direct speech documents Eastern Aramaic example express anteriority Folmer Grammar Grammatik Greek Gzella Hatra Huehnergard imperfect independent clause infinitive absolute inscriptions instance Jerusalem Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Joosten Judas Koster Leiden linguistic Lipiński literary Macuch maic Mandaic manuscripts Middle Aramaic Muraoka Nabataean narrative discourse Neo-Aramaic Neo-Assyrian Nöldeke nominal noun objecti yt Official Aramaic Old Aramaic Old Syriac Orientalia participle period Peshitta phrase present perfect pronoun qtal hwā Qumran referent Semitic languages Septuagint source text Studies subordinator suffix syntactic syntax tablets Talmud Targum Jonathan Targum Onqelos tense textual history TgJon translation Turoyo University Press verb forms Vorlage vowel Western Neo-Aramaic Wiesbaden word ܗܘܐ