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Zammit, Martin. `Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo (Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard): A Syriac Chrestomathy
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| Title: | `Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo (Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard): A Syriac Chrestomathy | | Series: | Gorgias Handbooks 6 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
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| By Martin Zammit | | ISBN: | 978-1-61143-685-3 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publication Date: | 11/2010 | | Language: | Syriac | | Format: | Paperback, Black, 6 x 9 in | | Pages: | 219 |
`Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo is a chrestomathy intended primarily for students who have covered the essentials of Syriac morphology and syntax, but it should also interest anyone who enjoys Syriac literature in general. The twenty-six selections consist of examples of Syriac prose and poetry from the second until the thirteenth centuries AD. The readings reflect a wide and varied range of subject matter. Inevitably, selections of a religious nature predominate, but historical, ethnographic, chemical, astronomical, and linguistic excerpts produced by famous Syriac authors, as well as less familiar ones, have been included. A Syriac-English glossary and an index of grammatical points are included.
Martin R. Zammit obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Malta with the thesis: A Comparative Lexical Study of Qur’anic Arabic published in Brill’s Handbuch Der Orientalistik series. Dr Zammit’s research covers various Semitic languages, with specialization in Arabic and Syriac. He is a senior lecturer at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Malta. Table of Contents
- Dedication Page (page 5)
- Table of Contents (page 7)
- Introduction (page 8)
- Preface (page 9)
- Acknowledgements (page 10)
- Abbreviations (page 11)
- 1. The Story of the Aramaean Sage Ahiqar (page 15)
- 2. Bardaisan (page 20)
- 3. Aphrahat (page 24)
- 4. St. Ephrem (page 28)
- 5. Extract from the Will of St. Ephrem (page 34)
- 6. The Peshitta (Mappaqta Pshitta) (page 37)
- 7. Anonymous 5th Century Prose: Malpanuta d'Adday Shliha (page 40)
- 8. Isaac the Great of Edessa (page 43)
- 9. Narsai - 'The Harp of the Spirit' (ca. 399-ca. 502) (page 48)
- 10. Soghita Attributed to Narsai (page 52)
- 11. From the Maronite Bet Gazo (page 55)
- 12. Annonymous: The Chronicle of Edessa (ca. 540) (page 59)
- 13. John of Ephesus (page 62)
- 14. Philoxenus of Mabbug (Aksnaya, ca. 440-523) (page 66)
- 15. A Christian Legend about Alexander the Great (page 68)
- 16. 'Anan Isho' (page 72)
- 17. Bishop George of the Arab Tribes of Mesopotamia (Born ca. 640 - died 724) (page 77)
- 18. Theodore Bar Koni (Late 8th c.) (page 80)
- 19. Job of Edessa (Born ca. 760 and flourished 817-832) (page 84)
- 20. John of Dara (Flourished during the first half of the 9th c.) (page 87)
- 21. Elias of Anbar (Flourished first half of the 10th c.) (page 89)
- 22. Elias of Nisibis (Soba) (Died after 1049) (page 93)
- 23. Elias bar Shinaya, Bishop of Nisibis (975 - 1046) (page 96)
- 24. The Bahira Account (page 100)
- 25. 'Abdisho' bar Brika (Died 1318) (page 105)
- 26. Gregorius Abu l-Faraj Bar Hebraeus (Grigor bar 'Ebroyo' 1225/6 - 1286) (page 110)
- Syriac - English Glossary (page 117)
- English - Syriac Glossary (page 165)
- Index of Grammatical Points (page 210)
- Bibliography (page 215)
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| | Zammit, Martin. `Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo (Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard): A Syriac Chrestomathy | | ISBN: | 978-1-61143-685-3 | | Weight: | 1 LBS. | | Price: | $53.60 | |
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