Introduction to Aramean and Syriac studies : a manual / by Arman Akopian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akopian, Arman, author.

Series:

Gorgias handbooks.

Gorgias handbooks

Standardized Title:

Arameagitutʻyan ev asoragitutʻyan neratsutʻyun. English

Language:

Armenian

English

Subjects (All):

Aramaic language--History.

Aramaic language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 559 pages)

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias Press, [2017]

Language Note:

Translation of: Arameagitutʻyan ev asoragitutʻyan neratsutʻyun.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Originally published in Armeanian, this comprehensive introduction to Aramean and Syriac studies provides a gateway to the history, language, culture, and religion of the Aramean/Syriac people from ancient times, through to the modern day. Special attention is given to such topics as translation and literary activity of the Syriacs, their missionary zeal and role as an intercultural medium, denominational fragmentation, and identity issues. The book is intended for the students of Oriental and Semitic studies but will be of value to anyone interested in the history and culture heritage of the Christian Orient--Publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF MAPS

1. Semitic languages and peoples

2. Arameans at the dawn of their history

3. The religion of ancient Arameans

4. The Aramaic language and its world

5. Osrhoene and the Aramean awakening

6. The spread of Christianity in Osrhoene

7. Syriac Christianity under the rule of Iran

8. Syriaс thought and literature of the first centuries of Christianity

9. The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church and its schisms

10. The split of Syriac Christianity: "Nestorians" and "Jacobites"

11. Other branches of Syriac Christianity: Melkites and Maronites

12. The writing and scribal traditions of the Syriacs

13. Translation activity of the Syriacs

14. Syriac translations of the Holy Scriptures

15. Syriac system of education

16. Syriac theology and philosophy

17. Worldly sciences and secular literature of the Syriacs

18. Syriac historiography

19. Syriacs under Arab-Muslim domination

20. Commercial and missionary activity of the Syriacs

21. Syriac rite Catholic Churches

22. The Syriacs between the Ottoman Empire, Iran, and Russia

23. The "Assyrian idea" and the issue of self-identitification for Syriac Christians

24. Syriacs in the 20th century and on the threshold of the third millennium

25. Modern Aramaic dialects

26.The current stage of the Classical Syriac Language

27. The origins and development of modern Aramean and Syriac studies

APPENDIX: KLAUS BEYER'S CLASSIFICATION OF ARAMAIC DIALECTS

SELECT BIBILIOGRAPHY

GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781463238933

1463238932

OCLC:

1100453783