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Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament (Third Expanded Edition)

Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament provides an essential tool to students of Syriac. A frequency-based glossary guides the student through the text of the Syriac New Testament’s most significant terms. In addition, verbal paradigms demystify the language’s structure, fostering a deeper understanding.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-4603-7
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Publication Date: May 1,2024
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Page Count: 227
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-1-4632-4603-7
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Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament provides an essential tool to students of Syriac. A frequency-based glossary guides the student through the text of the Syriac New Testament’s most significant terms. In addition, verbal paradigms demystify the language’s structure, fostering a deeper understanding. The volume includes:

  • Frequency-based glossary of common words, proper nouns, and Greek loan-words.
  • Lists of consonantal homographs
  • Verbs arranged by paradigm and nouns arranged by stem
  • Words arranged by Part of Speech
  • Words arranged by root
  • Hebrew and Arabic cognate lists
  • List of compound words

Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament is an essential tool for students of Syriac, especially of the New Testament Peshitta.

Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament provides an essential tool to students of Syriac. A frequency-based glossary guides the student through the text of the Syriac New Testament’s most significant terms. In addition, verbal paradigms demystify the language’s structure, fostering a deeper understanding. The volume includes:

  • Frequency-based glossary of common words, proper nouns, and Greek loan-words.
  • Lists of consonantal homographs
  • Verbs arranged by paradigm and nouns arranged by stem
  • Words arranged by Part of Speech
  • Words arranged by root
  • Hebrew and Arabic cognate lists
  • List of compound words

Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament is an essential tool for students of Syriac, especially of the New Testament Peshitta.

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ContributorBiography

GeorgeKiraz

George A. Kiraz is the founder and director of Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, the Editor-in-Chief of Gorgias Press, and a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He earned an M.St. degree in Syriac Studies from the University of Oxford (1991) and an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (1992, 1996). He has published extensively in the fields of computational linguistics, Syriac studies, and the digital humanities. His latest books include The Syriac Orthodox in North America (1895–1995): A Short History (2019) and Syriac-English New Testament (2020).

George is an ordained Deacon of the rank of Ewangeloyo (Gospler) in the Syriac Orthodox Church where he also serves on several Patriarchal, Synodal, and local committees. He lives in Piscataway, NJ, with his wife Christine and their children, Tabetha Gabriella, Sebastian Kenoro, and Lucian Nurono.

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. 

Preface (vii)
Introduction (ix)
Abbreviations (xi)
1  Word Frequency List (1)
2  Proper Noun Frequency List (43)
3  Greek Loanwords Frequency List (49)
4  Consonantal Homographs (57)
5  Verbs Arranged by Paradigm (61)
6  Words Arranged by Part of Speech (77)
7  Words Arranged by Root (87)
8  Compound Words (177)
9  Semitic Cognate List (179)
Index (193)

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