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Corpus Bootstrapping for Syriac Linguistics
Journal of Open Humanities DataThe present article summarises a bootstrapping approach to Syriac corpus linguistics that gives freedom for Syriac researchers to apply part-of-speech (POS) tagging technology on texts of their choice using the SEDRA API mechanism and offers an annotated
Charbel El-Khaissi
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Aethiopica, 2023 We thank Prof. Dr Waltisberg for his correction of vocalization and for his grammatical contribution. He confirms the unusual form of the verb in the formula and the meaning of bad as a shortcut of which he lists many examples.
Alain Desreumaux
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Genealogy of the Word ‘Soul’ in Afro-Asian Languages with Emphasis on its Uses in the Holy Quran and Old Testaments [PDF]
مطالعات قرآن و حدیث, 2023 The word ‘Ruh’ is repeated 21 times in the Holy Quran. The wide usage of this word in Afro-Asian languages and the Testaments doubles the need to study its genealogy.
Ayyuob Amraei, MohammadAli Hemati
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Processing Tools for Greek and Other Languages of the Christian Middle East [PDF]
Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities, 2018 This paper presents some computer tools and linguistic resources of the GREgORI project. These developments allow automated processing of texts written in the main languages of the Christian Middel East, such as Greek, Arabic, Syriac, Armenian and ...
Bastien Kindt
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Cannibal Maria in the Siege of Jerusalem: New approaches
Religion Compass, Volume 17, Issue 12, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This essay traces the far‐reaching legend of Maria/Miriam of Bethezuba, sometimes called Mary, Marie, or Marion, a starving Jewish woman who (according to Flavius Josephus's The Jewish War) ate her own baby during the 70 CE Roman Siege of Jerusalem.
Mo Pareles
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What can Nabataean Aramaic tell us about Pre‐Islamic Arabic?
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 158-172, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Nabataean Aramaic contains a large number of loanwords from Arabic. Together with other evidence, this has been taken as an indication that the Nabataeans used Aramaic as a written language only, while a Pre‐Islamic variety of Arabic was their spoken language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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From Cosmopolitan to Vernacular in the Language Sciences: A Global History Perspective
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 18-37, March 2023., 2023 Abstract Sheldon Pollock's justly famous work on cosmopolitan orders and processes of vernacularization in the worlds of Latinity and Sanskrit invites questions of a comparative and global‐historical character. I will raise such questions in the context of the Persianate cosmopolitan order, especially as exemplified by the early modern Ottoman Empire ...
Michiel Leezenberg
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Nations and Nationalism, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 295-310, January 2023., 2023 Abstract This article contributes to the growing scholarship on minority politics in the Middle East by arguing that if minorities are socially or politically constructed then the meaning and implications of minority terminology requires greater historical contextualisation.
Elizabeth Monier
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A Paleo‐Arabic inscription on a route north of Ṭāʾif
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 202-215, November 2022., 2022 Abstract This paper will produce a new edition of the Rīʿ al‐Zallālah inscription, discussing in detail its paleographic features and content, and the ramifications it has on our understanding of the linguistic and religious milieu of the sixth–early seventh century Ḥigāz.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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Nations and Nationalism, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 1459-1473, October 2022., 2022 Abstract This article examines state‐society relations and inter‐communal dynamics in conflict, focusing on the case study of non‐Muslim minorities in Iraq. It draws on interview data to analyse the lived experiences of Iraq's Yazidis and Christians before, during and after Islamic State (IS) rule.
Benjamin Isakhan, William Gourlay
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