The Two Syriac Versions of the Prayer of Manasseh / Wido van Peursen, Ariel Gutman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gutman, Ariel, author.

Peursen, Wido van, author.

Series:

Gorgias Eastern Christianity studies ; Volume 30.

Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Prayer of Manasses--Syriac--Versions.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 261 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2011]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The authors present a detailed philological and linguistic comparison of two versions of The Prayer of Manasseh. Combing state-of-the-art computational tools together with traditional philology, the texts are compared at all linguistic levels, from their vocabulary up to their discursive structure, with a special emphasis on their morphology and syntax. The results are revealing not only for the question of the relationship between the two versions, but they also illuminate various debates pertaining to Syriac syntax.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF GLOSSES

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1. MANASSEH'S PRAYER AND ITS PLACE IN THE SYRIAC TRADITION

CHAPTER 2. GRAMMATICAL COMPARISON

CHAPTER 3. LEXICAL ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 4. DISCOURSE ARRANGEMENT

CHAPTER 5. VARIANT READINGS

CHAPTER 6. CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX A. TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE TWO VERSIONS

APPENDIX B. TRANSCRIPTION AND GLOSSING OF THE TWO VERSIONS

INDEX OF VERSES

INDEX OF AUTHORS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-261) and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9781463216870

1463216874

OCLC:

923106543