Aramaic as Lingua Franca [PDF]
This chapter discusses various linguistic aspects of the rise and use of Aramaic as the lingua franca of three successive Near Eastern empires – the Neo-Assyrian, the Neo-Babylonian, and the Achaemenid (also "Persian") empires. In striving to extend their territories, the administrations of the empires incorporated regions with other spoken and written
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Verb movement in Biblical Aramaic: Introduction
From text: The activity in which you are engaged at this moment is reading and understanding an English sentence which you have never seen before and may well never see again. You may ask, how is it possible to understand a sentence which has never been
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The 3d Mind Model characterizes how people understand mental states across modern and historical cultures. [PDF]
Thornton MA +4 more
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In search of traces of the mandrake myth: the historical, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names. [PDF]
Dafni A +11 more
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Frequent hospital presenters' use of health information during COVID-19: results of a cross-sectional survey. [PDF]
Jessup RL +15 more
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Aramaic: Lingua Franca, Koine, or Both?
The study investigates the historical roles of Aramaic as both a lingua franca and a koine, examining its development and usage across various periods. It identifies three main contexts: as the administrative and diplomatic language of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, as the religious and scholarly language of Jewish communities in Late Antiquity and the
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Archaeometallurgical Analysis of the Provincial Silver Coinage of Judah: More on the Chaîne Opératoire of the Minting Process. [PDF]
Cohen M, Ashkenazi D, Gitler H, Tal O.
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Cyclamen persicum Mill. and Leontice leontopetalum L., common vernacular names - and their relation to washing, incense and the unexplained 'Jordan Dome'. [PDF]
Dafni A, Khatib S', Böck B.
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