Aramaic Inscriptions and Documents of the Roman Period: Aramaic Inscriptions and Documents of the Roman Period

In the first centuries AD, although much of the Near East was ruled by Rome, the main local language was Aramaic, and the people who lived inside or on the fringes of the area controlled by the Romans frequently wrote their inscriptions and legal documents in their own local dialects of this languag...

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Main Author: Healey, John F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford OUP Oxford 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:[Rezension von: Gibson, John C. L., 1930-2008, Textbook of Syrian Semitic inscriptions. 4, Aramaic inscriptions and documents of the Roman Period] (2010) (Morgenstern, Matthew, 1968 -)
Series/Journal:Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscriptions
Further subjects:B Inscriptions, Semitic
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Summary:In the first centuries AD, although much of the Near East was ruled by Rome, the main local language was Aramaic, and the people who lived inside or on the fringes of the area controlled by the Romans frequently wrote their inscriptions and legal documents in their own local dialects of this language. This book introduces these fascinating early texts to a wider audience, by presenting a representative sample, comprising eighty inscriptions and documents in the following dialects:Nabataean, Jewish, Palmyrene, Syriac, and Hatran. Detailed commentaries on the texts are preceded by chapters on hi
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ISBN:0199252564