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Introduction to Aramean and Syriac Studies

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  • Arman Akopian
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2017

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An English translation of Arman Akopian's comprehensive Introduction to Aramean and Syriac Studies, from the earliest appearances of Arameans in the historical record, through to the modern day.

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    Frontmatter

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

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    LIST OF FIGURES

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    LIST OF TABLES

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    LIST OF MAPS

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    1. Semitic languages and peoples

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    2. Arameans at the dawn of their history

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    3. The religion of ancient Arameans

    51
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    4. The Aramaic language and its world

    57
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    5. Osrhoene and the Aramean awakening

    149
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    6. The spread of Christianity in Osrhoene

    161
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    7. Syriac Christianity under the rule of Iran

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    8. Syriaс thought and literature of the first centuries of Christianity

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    9. The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church and its schisms

    189
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    10. The split of Syriac Christianity: “Nestorians” and “Jacobites”

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    11. Other branches of Syriac Christianity: Melkites and Maronites

    217
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    12. The writing and scribal traditions of the Syriacs

    223
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    13. Translation activity of the Syriacs

    245
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    14. Syriac translations of the Holy Scriptures

    255
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    15. Syriac system of education

    269
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    16. Syriac theology and philosophy

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    17. Worldly sciences and secular literature of the Syriacs

    285
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    18. Syriac historiography

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    19. Syriacs under Arab-Muslim domination

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    20. Commercial and missionary activity of the Syriacs

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    21. Syriac rite Catholic Churches

    357
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    22. The Syriacs between the Ottoman Empire, Iran, and Russia

    369
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    23. The “Assyrian idea” and the issue of self-identitification for Syriac Christians

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    24. Syriacs in the 20th century and on the threshold of the third millennium

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    25. Modern Aramaic dialects

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    26.The current stage of the Classical Syriac Language

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    27. The origins and development of modern Aramean and Syriac studies

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    APPENDIX: KLAUS BEYER’S CLASSIFICATION OF ARAMAIC DIALECTS

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    SELECT BIBILIOGRAPHY

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    GENERAL INDEX

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