Introduction (1)
Text 1: Wisdom from the mouth of Socrates (7)
Text 2: The Persian ruler Khusraw bad-mouths the Kurds (17)
Text 3: A lunatic body-shames a noble (23)
Text 4: Men make all the rules (31)
Text 5: A good day for a thief (39)
Review Lesson One (43)
Roots (43)
States (44)
Text 6: Another thief (47)
Text 7: Words of wisdom from a teacher (49)
Text 8: A philosopher makes a profound statement (55)
Text 9: Never boast about killing a prophet (59)
Text 10: Another philosopher makes a sexist comment (69)
Review Lesson Two (73)
Conjugations (73)
Quadriradicals (74)
Text 11: Frying up some dung (77)
Text 12: A goat taunts a wolf (81)
Text 13: No more teachers, no more books (85)
Text 14: Saint Ammon rejects marriage (89)
Text 15: A Byzantine king threatens an Arab king (97)
Review Lesson Three (103)
Participles with enclitic pronouns (103)
Text 16: Be careful what you advise the king (107)
Text 17: How many lunatics are there in Emesa? (117)
Text 18: Can a child be born to a 70-year-old man? (121)
Text 19: The King of Farters gives a boast (123)
Text 20: Don’t make fun of a woman with disheveled hair (127)
Review Lesson Four (133)
Nominal sentences (133)
Text 21: Be careful who you throw stones at (135)
Text 22: A traveler narrates a coincidence (139)
Text 23: A royal councilor interprets a dream wisely (151)
Text 24: Short people have rights, too (157)
Text 25: Weavers have a bad press (161)
Review Lesson Five (167)
Verbs with object pronouns (167)
Text 26: An Abbess struggles against fornication (171)
Text 27: A merchant travels to China (175)
Text 28: When your number is up, your number is up (187)
Text 29: Listen carefully to your doctor (191)
Text 30: Watch out for ravens! (195)
Translations of texts (199)
Vocabulary index (205)
Concordance of texts (219)
