A History of the Study of Grammar among the Syrians : An English Translation of Historia Artis Grammaticae Apud Syros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merx, Adalbert.

Contributor:

King, Daniel.

Series:

Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages Series

Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages Series ; v.13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merx, Adalbert, 1838-1909--Bibliography.

Merx, Adalbert.

Syriac language--Grammar.

Syriac language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway : Gorgias Press, LLC, 2023.

Language Note:

Translated into English from the Latin, with some passages in Syriac and Greek; some text in Syriac and some with English translation.

Summary:

This book is a translation of a monograph about the Syriac grammatical tradition, the Historia artis grammaticae apud Syros, by the 19th-century German theologian and linguist, Adalbert Merx. The book traces the ways in which Syriac scholars in Late Antiquity learned to analyse their own language and to adapt the techniques of Greek grammar to their own Semitic language. Starting with early translations of Greek works, Merx traces the innovations introduced by Jacob of Edessa and the development of accentuation and pointing. He also covers the contributions of Eastern and Western Syriac scholars such as Ḥunayn ibn Ishaq, Joseph bar Malkon, and John bar Zuʿbi, taking the story up to the time of Barhebraeus. The relationships of Syriac with Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic traditions are all carefully considered. The current edition has been extensively annotated in order to bring the reader up-to-date with research carried out since Merx published his ground-breaking work. The texts that were included in the original have also been re-published afresh, including the fragments of Jacob of Edessa’s famous Grammar.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION

I. Adalbert Merx, his Life and Works

II. Select Bibliography of Merx's writings

III. The Historia artis grammaticae in subsequent research

IV. Texts of the Syriac Grammatical Tradition

V. Bibliography of subsequent research

VI. Summary of the Historia artis grammaticae

VII. Abbreviations used in the footnotes and endnotes

VIII. Note on translating the Historia artis grammaticae

PREFACE

1. PROLEGOMENA

2. TRANSLATION OF AN ANCIENT SYRIAC GRAMMAR (DIONYSIUS THRAX)

3. ORTHOEPY, OR ACCURATE RECITATION

4. THE LIFE AND WORK OF JACOB OF EDESSA

5. THE SYRIAC GRAMMAR OF JACOB OF EDESSA

6. JACOB'S IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYRIAC ACCENTS AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GREEK, SYRIAC, AND HEBREW PUNCTUATION

7. THE EAST SYRIAN GRAMMARIANS ʿENANIŠOʿ AND ḤUNAIN

8. ELIAS OF NISIBIS, JOSEPH BAR MALKON, AND THE MASORETIC MANUSCRIPTS

9. ELIAS OF ṬIRHAN AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ARABISING SCHOOL

10. JOHN BAR ZUʿBI

11. JACOB OF TAGRIT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SEVERUS BAR ŠAKKO

12. THE GRAMMAR OF BARHEBRAEUS

CONCLUSION

APPENDED TEXTS-NOTES TO THE NEW EDITION

SYRIAC TEXTS

INDICES.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Merx, Adalbert A History of the Study of Grammar among the Syrians

ISBN:

9781463241988

1463241984

OCLC:

1380464802