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Aristotelian rhetoric in Syriac. Barhebraeus, Butyrum Sapientiae, book of rhetoric
, 2005 This volume contains the Syriac text, edited for the first time, of the commentary on Aristotle’s Rhetoric by Bar Hebraeus (died 1286) in his Cream of Wisdom. The text is accompanied by an English translation, and the volume also includes an introduction,
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African linguistics across the disciplines [PDF]
, 2019 Since the hiring of its first Africanist linguist Carleton Hodge in 1964, Indiana University’s Department of Linguistics has had a strong and continuing presence in the study of African languages and linguistics through the work of its faculty and of its
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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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The relationship between Arabic Allāh and Syriac Allāhā [PDF]
, 2012 Various etymologies have been proposed for Arabic allāh but also for Syriac allāhā. It has often been proposed that the Arabic word was borrowed from Syriac. This article takes a comprehensive look at the linguistic evidence at hand. Especially, it takes
Kiltz, David
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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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, 2023 Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 297-307, May 2023.
Carine van Rhijn
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Methods in Contemporary Linguistics [PDF]
, 2012 The present volume is a broad overview of methods and methodologies in linguistics, illustrated with examples from concrete research. It collects insights gained from a broad range of linguistic sub-disciplines, ranging from core disciplines to topics in
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