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Theorizing in the Absence of a Theory:The Case of the Aramaic Targums to the Pentateuch
Targums are a kind of ancient Jewish translation literature that may have played an important role in synagogues, private devotion, and education. The reason scholars adduce such widespread use for the targums is because they translate the Hebrew Bible ...
Simon Lasair
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THE SEMITIC SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN PATRISTICS
The Jewish community of Antioch was not monolithic. Communities of different currents tended to gather separately. Apparently, some of them, having received the news of the coming of the Messiah from the apostles, became the first centers of Christianity
Daria Morozova
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This review article focuses on recent treatments of Q, the sayings source widely believed to stand behind the common material in Matthew and Luke (the double tradition).
Peter M. Head, P. J. Williams
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Book Review: Mette Bundvad and Kasper Siegismund (eds.), with the collaboration of Melissa Sayyad Bach, Søren Holst, Jespers Høgenhaven, Vision, Narrative, and Wisdom in the Aramaic Texts from Qumran: Essays from the Copenhagen Symposium, 14-15 August ...
Henryk Józef Drawnel
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The Family of Barˁā Son of Zabdˁatē and the Meaning and Etymology of Aramaic tšbb (Gk.Θοσαβεβ) in pat 0059 and 0318 [PDF]
We are grateful to two anonymous reviewers at Aramaic Studies whose helpful comments have helped us to improve our argument and avoid several errors.
Bonesho, Catherine E. +4 more
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The Syncategorematic Nature of Neo-Aramaic and English Antonyms
Antonyms have always been considered the starting point for language learners; therefore, they are familiar cross-linguistically. In this research, we try to provide a semantic description of antonymy in Neo-Aramaic (a member of the Semitic family) as it
Ala Al-Kajela
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Translation or Divination? Sacred Languages and Bilingualism in Judaism and Lucumí Traditions
I compare the status of a sacred language in two very different religious traditions. In Judaism, the Hebrew language is the language of liturgy, prayer, and the Written Law.
Michael Nosonovsky
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Bactrian in Issyk‐Kushan Script: Additional Readings and Decipherments1
Abstract This article presents additional readings of several inscriptions written in the Issyk‐Kushan script, building on the improved system of sound values recently proposed by Sims‐Williams (2025b). We propose that some further lines of Dašt‐i Nāwur inscription DN III and parts of several other inscriptions can now be read as Bactrian, add new ...
Jakob Halfmann +3 more
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Old Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic : some reflections on language history [PDF]
Aramaic is not among the oldest Semitic languages in a strictly chronological sense, but among those languages which are still spoken today, it has the longest continuous written tradition.
Jastrow, Otto
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Gebruik van twee tale in die Dani�lboek
The Book of Daniel is characterized by a change of language, from Hebrew to Aramaic to Hebrew (in Dan 2:4b to Aramaic and in Dan 8:1 to Hebrew). What caused the change from the sacred to a heathen language and back?
Marius Nel
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