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Le livre des splendeurs: La grande grammaire de Grégoire Barhebraeus Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9781607248620
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Moberg had already published a German translation of Barhebraeus’s longer Syriac grammar based on a critically established Syriac text and here presents that text in this volume, along with an introduction (in French) and two indices (Syriac and French).
Opuscula Nestoriana Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 206
ISBN: 9781607248668
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume contains four East Syriac treatises: two dealing with words forms and lexicography, two dealing with the interpretation of difficult words in the Bible. The book will be of interest to students of Syriac grammar and biblical interpretation.
Stilmittel bei Afrahat dem persischen Weisen Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 220
ISBN: 9781607249344
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Drawing on the more progressed fields of Greek and Roman and Arabic rhetoric, Haefeli here presents Aphrahat’s style in terms of numerous stylistic categories. Naturally, the work is brimming with examples (in Syriac and German) from Aphrahat.
Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 372
ISBN: 9781607247951
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Jessie Payne Margoliouth here continues the work of her father’s Thesaurus Syriacus, including new words and meanings that had been discovered after publication of the Thesaurus. The Supplement gives definitions in English (not Latin).
Syrisch-arabische Glossen Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 297
ISBN: 9781607247845
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
The ninth-century Syriac-Arabic lexicon of Bar Ali stands with Bar Bahlul’s as a main witness to contemporary Syriac lexicography. Hoffmann presents the first half of the work—the second was edited by Gottheil—with a critical apparatus.
Syrische Grammatik des Mar Elias von Tirhan Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 130
ISBN: 9781607248774
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Baethgen produces here both the Syriac text and a German translation with notes, including remarks on Elias’s grammar in connection with Greek and Arabic grammatical traditions; the Syriac text includes textual notes.
The Book of Kalilah and Dimnah Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 504
ISBN: 9781607248439
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This second Syriac version of the famous collection of fables of Indian origin was translated from the Arabic version of ibn al-Muqaffa‘. Wright gives the Syriac text with notes, a lengthy introduction, and select glossary.
The Syriac Lexicon Hasan Bar  (Vol 3) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 306
ISBN: 9781607247821
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
The encyclopedic lexicon of Bar Bahlul (10th century) explains Syriac words, as well as Greek words met in Syriac literature, in Syriac and Arabic. Vol. 3 includes an introduction and indices for the individual languages and biblical passages cited.
The Syriac Lexicon Hasan Bar Bahlul (Vol 1) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 510
ISBN: 9781607247807
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
The encyclopedic lexicon of Bar Bahlul (10th century) explains Syriac words, as well as Greek words met in Syriac literature, in Syriac and Arabic. Vol. 3 includes an introduction and indices for the individual languages and biblical passages cited.
The Syriac Lexicon Hasan Bar Bahlul (Vol 2) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 568
ISBN: 9781607247814
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
The encyclopedic lexicon of Bar Bahlul (10th century) explains Syriac words, as well as Greek words met in Syriac literature, in Syriac and Arabic. Vol. 3 includes an introduction and indices for the individual languages and biblical passages cited.
The Syriac-Arabic Glosses of Isho bar Ali (Vol 1) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 258
ISBN: 9781607248682
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
These two volumes constitute the second part (nun-taw) of the Syriac-Arabic dictionary of the 10th cent. physician Isho bar Ali.
The Syriac-Arabic Glosses of Isho bar Ali (Vol 2) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 276
ISBN: 9781607248699
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
These two volumes constitute the second part (nun-taw) of the Syriac-Arabic dictionary of the 10th cent. physician Isho bar Ali.
Traité de Grammaire Syriaque Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 498
ISBN: 9781607249382
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Duval’s thorough Syriac grammar takes its place beside Nöldeke’s “compendious” grammar as a standard resource for every student and scholar of Syriac.
Une version syriaque des Aphorismes d'Hippocrate Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 188
ISBN: 9781607248798
Pub Date: 02 Jun 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Pognon gives here the Syriac text of Hippocrates’ Aphorisms, together with a French translation. Each part contains detailed textual and translational notes and is prefaced with a thorough introduction. The book concludes with a Syriac-Greek glossary of medical terms.
Die Aramaismen im Alten Testament Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 119
ISBN: 9781607242901
Pub Date: 20 May 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
In this essential contribution to the study of Aramaisms in the Bible, noted linguist E. Kautzsch provides a thorough introduction to the subject. Since Aramaisms are not overly abundant in the Bible, Kautzsch has the space to dedicate a significant analysis.
Brief Grammar and Vocabulary of the Kurdish Language of the Hakari District Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 42
ISBN: 9781617190377
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Samuel A. Rhea created a brief vocabulary and grammar while doing missionary work with the Kurds. His goal in creating a Kurdish grammar was to translate the Old and New Testaments into Kurdish.