Aramaic inscriptions and documents of the Roman period . Volume IV Textbook of Syrian Semitic inscriptions / / by John F. Healey

• Autore: Healey John F.
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Disciplina: 492.041
• Soggetto topico: Inscriptions, Semitic
• Altri autori: HealeyJohn F
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations and Other Conventions; I. HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INTRODUCTION; II. EPIGRAPHIC AND LINGUISTIC INTRODUCTION; III. NABATAEAN ARAMAIC INSCRIPTIONS AND PAPYRI; IV. JEWISH (PALESTINIAN) ARAMAIC INSCRIPTIONS AND PAPYRI; V. PALMYRENE INSCRIPTIONS; VI. EARLY SYRIAC (EDESSAN ARAMAIC) INSCRIPTIONS AND PARCHMENTS; VII. HATRAN INSCRIPTIONS; Figures and Plates; Lexical Indexes; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: In the first centuries AD, although much of the Near East was ruled by Rome, the main local language was Aramaic, and the people who lived inside or on the fringes of the area controlled by the Romans frequently wrote their inscriptions and legal documents in their own local dialects of this language. This book introduces these fascinating early texts to a wider audience, by presenting a representative sample, comprising eighty inscriptions and documents in the following dialects:Nabataean, Jewish, Palmyrene, Syriac, and Hatran. Detailed commentaries on the texts are preceded by chapters on hi
• Titolo autorizzato: Aramaic inscriptions and documents of the Roman period
• ISBN: 0-19-155484-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809565703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscriptions