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Aramaic: A History of the First World Language

Aramaic: A History of the First World Language

Gzella, Holger

Hardcover

Series: Eerdmans Language Resources (Elr)

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ISBN10: 0802877486
ISBN13: 9780802877482
Publisher: William B Eerdmans Pub Co
Published: May 27 2021
Pages: 371
Weight: 1.32
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.20 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

In this volume--the first complete history of Aramaic from its origins to the present day--Holger Gzella provides an accessible overview of the language perhaps most well known for being spoken by Jesus of Nazareth. Gzella, one of the world's foremost Aramaicists, begins with the earliest evidence of Aramaic in inscriptions from the beginning of the first millennium BCE, then traces its emergence as the first world language when it became the administrative tongue of the great ancient Near Eastern empires. He also pays due diligence to the sacred role of Aramaic within Judaism, its place in the Islamic world, and its contact with other regional languages, before concluding with a glimpse into modern uses of Aramaic.

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