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The Syriac Peshiṭta Gospels (Reader's Edition)

This a Syriac reader for the Gospels. It guides the reader through the Syriac Peshitta Gospels, glossing the uncommon words and parsing difficult word forms.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
Availability: In stock
SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-4607-5
Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Feb 27,2024
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 404
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-1-4632-4607-5
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This a Syriac reader for the Gospels. It guides the reader through the Syriac Peshitta Gospels, glossing the uncommon words and parsing difficult word forms. It is designed for two groups of people. First, for students learning Syriac after a years’ worth of study this series provides the material to grow in reading ability from the primary texts. Second, this series is designed for scholars, linguists, theologians, and curious lay people looking to refresh their Syriac, or use them in preparation for their work of study, and teaching. 

The book immerses the reader in the biblical texts in order to build confidence reading Classical Syriac as quickly as possible. To achieve this, all uncommon words that occur fewer than 25 times in the Syriac New Testament are glossed as footnotes. This enables the beginner or intermediate student to continue reading every passage unhindered. Therefore, this book complements traditional language grammars and is especially ideal for beginner and intermediate students learning to read Syriac. However, even advanced readers will appreciate the glossing of the occasional rare word. 

Other features include: 

  • A map of Judea from the New Testament period with Syriac place names
  • Paradigm charts of Syriac nouns and verbs
  • A glossary of all the words not glossed below the text

This a Syriac reader for the Gospels. It guides the reader through the Syriac Peshitta Gospels, glossing the uncommon words and parsing difficult word forms. It is designed for two groups of people. First, for students learning Syriac after a years’ worth of study this series provides the material to grow in reading ability from the primary texts. Second, this series is designed for scholars, linguists, theologians, and curious lay people looking to refresh their Syriac, or use them in preparation for their work of study, and teaching. 

The book immerses the reader in the biblical texts in order to build confidence reading Classical Syriac as quickly as possible. To achieve this, all uncommon words that occur fewer than 25 times in the Syriac New Testament are glossed as footnotes. This enables the beginner or intermediate student to continue reading every passage unhindered. Therefore, this book complements traditional language grammars and is especially ideal for beginner and intermediate students learning to read Syriac. However, even advanced readers will appreciate the glossing of the occasional rare word. 

Other features include: 

  • A map of Judea from the New Testament period with Syriac place names
  • Paradigm charts of Syriac nouns and verbs
  • A glossary of all the words not glossed below the text
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ContributorBiography

TimothyLee

Timothy A. Lee is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on textual criticism of the Greek and Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical interpretation, ancient history, and theology. This brought him into contact with the Syro-hexapla and Syriac tradition. He has three previous degrees from the Universities of Oxford and Durham. 

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