A Cultural History of Aramaic - from the Beginnings to the Advent of Islam - Handbook of Oriental Studies

HOLGER GZELLA

ISBN 10: 9004285091 / ISBN 13: 9789004285095

Published by Brill, Leiden & Boston, 2015

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451 pages, Text in English by Holger Gzella.- A Cultural History of Aramaic - from the Beginnings to the Advent of Islam - Handbook of Oriental Studies - section 1 the near and far east -Editor W.H.van Soldt. Wonderful as new copy. Size: 242 x 163 x 34 Mm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Cultural History of Aramaic - from the Beginnings to the Advent of Islam - Handbook of Oriental Studies
• Publisher: Brill, Leiden & Boston
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004285091
• ISBN 13: 9789004285095
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Aramaic is a constant thread running through the various civilizations of the Near East, ancient and modern, from 1000 BCE to the present, and has been the language of small principalities, world empires, and a fair share of the Jewish-Christian tradition. Holger Gzella describes its cultural and linguistic history as a continuous evolution from its beginnings to the advent of Islam. For the first time the individual phases of the language, their socio-historical underpinnings, and the textual sources are discussed comprehensively in light of the latest linguistic and historical research and with ample attention to scribal traditions, multilingualism, and language as a marker of cultural self-awareness. Many new observations on Aramaic are thereby integrated into a coherent historical framework.

About the Author

Holger Gzella, Habilitation (2004) in Semitics, Heidelberg, is Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic at Leiden University. He was formerly trained at Oxford, Münster, and the Biblicum (Rome), has published widely on Semitic languages, and is a member of The Young Academy.