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1 online resource (466 pages) |
| Series |
Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 1. The Near and Middle East = Handbuch der Orientalistik, 0169-9423 ; Volume 111 |
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Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; Volume 111.
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| Contents |
A Cultural History of Aramaic: From the Beginnings to the Advent of Islam; Copyright; Dedicaton; Contents; Preface ; List of Abbreviations ; 1 Introduction: Aramaic among the Semitic Languages ; 1.1 History of Research ; 1.1.1 The Beginnings in Early Modern Europe ; 1.1.2 The Coming-of-Age of Aramaic Philology in the Nineteenth Century |
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1.1.3 Continuity in Twentieth-Century Aramaic Studies 1.2 Aramaic as a Semitic Language ; 1.2.1 Aramaic in its Northwest Semitic Setting ; 1.2.2 The Grammatical Core of Aramaic ; 1.2.3 The Evolution of Aramaic Grammar until the Seventh Century c.e |
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1.3 Historical-Linguistic Method and Internal Classification 1.3.1 The Periodization of Aramaic ; 1.3.2 Aramaic as a Dialect Continuum ; 1.3.3 A Chronological, Geographical, and Social Matrix; 2 The Emergence of Aramaic Dialects in the Fertile Crescent |
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2.1 The First Appearance of the Aramaeans in the Ancient Near East 2.2 The Rise of Aramaic Chancellery Languages in Ancient Syria ; 2.2.1 Eastern Syria: The Tell Fekheriye Inscription ; 2.2.2 Central Syria: An Aramaic koiné ; 2.2.3 North-Western Syria: Sam?alian and Aramaic at Zincirli |
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2.3 The Influence of Aram-Damascus and the Spread of Central Syrian Aramaic 2.3.1 The Tell Dan Stele from Northern Galilee and Damascene Authority ; 2.3.2 The Deir?Alla Plaster Text and the Aramaicization of Traditional Literature |
| Summary |
In A Cultural History of Aramaic, Holger Gzella comprehensively describes the history of Aramaic and its socio-cultural underpinnings as an ongoing linguistic evolution between its emergence and the spread of Arabic through the Near East (ca. 1000 BCE-700 CE) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Aramaic language -- Social aspects
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Aramaic language -- History
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Aramaic language
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090506
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| Subject |
Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004285101 |
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9004285105 |
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