Journal•ISSN: 1477-8351
Aramaic Studies
Brill
About: Aramaic Studies is an academic journal published by Brill. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Hebrew Bible & Biblical studies. It has an ISSN identifier of 1477-8351. Over the lifetime, 160 publications have been published receiving 366 citations.
Topics: Hebrew Bible, Biblical studies, Targum, Hebrew, Judaism
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TL;DR: In this paper, a wide corpus study of Jewish Zakho Neo-Aramaic shows, however, that in some cases it is justified to see this form as bearing an active function.
Abstract: In Neo-Aramaic dialects the historic passive participle is used as the base form for the preterite tense. Nonetheless, the scholarly tradition saw it as a passive form, especially when it appears alone as a 'bare form'. A wide corpus study of Jewish Zakho Neo-Aramaic shows, however, that in some cases it is justified to see this form as bearing an active function. This is established through the examination of the information-structure associated with the form. A comparison to an older stratum of Neo-Aramaic, namely the Nerwa texts from the 17th century, provides a possible diachronic explanation of this change.
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TL;DR: The ethical dative (dativus ethicus) has been attested without interruption in Aramaic dialects from the Official Aramaic period down through Neo-Aramaic.
Abstract: The ethical dative ( dativus ethicus ) has been attested without interruption in Aramaic dialects from the Official Aramaic period down through Neo-Aramaic. The extent and durability of this linguistic feature is discussed. Though its frequency differs from corpus to corpus, it is alive in some Neo-Aramaic dialects and its distribution in Modern Aramaic suggests that it was more widespread in pre-Modern Aramaic than the written texts show. It is most probably a colloquial feature that penetrated written texts to a limited extent. In the only real evidence we possess of spoken Aramaic, namely, Neo-Aramaic, it has, in different dialects, become an integral part of some verbal forms and does not express any identifiable nuance. Its precise meaning and use in pre-Modern Aramaic remain elusive.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the etymologies of several selected North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) lexical oddities of unknown or uncertain origin are clarified.
Abstract: The present article seeks to clarify the etymologies of several selected North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) lexical oddities of unknown or uncertain origin. All lexical items in question are proven to be of Aramaic provenance, yet mere recourse to Classical Aramaic is inadequate for uncovering the origins of these puzzling words due to far-reaching diachronic changes that have distanced them from their precursors. Missing links, based on interdialectal studies within NENA, are therefore crucial for securing well-founded etyma for these lexical enigmas. In addition to adducing missing links found in cognate dialects, each etymological discussion specifies the diachronic processes involved in the development of the lexical item under consideration.
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TL;DR: In this article, a lexical data offered in this paper refer to the following Neo-Aramaic dialects: NENA consists of dialects spoken east of the Tigris river in Kurdistan, the plain of Mos.ul and Iranian Azerbaijan.
Abstract: ∗Akkadian, Kurdish and Syriac words are usually given without reference when they can readily be tracked down in the following dictionaries: Akkadian: AHw, CAD ; Kurdish: T. Wahby and C.J. Edmonds, A Kurdish–English Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966), F.F. Omar, Kurdisch–Deutches Wörterbuch (Kurmanĉı). (Berlin: Kurdische Studien Berlin im Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, 1992), B. Rizgar, Kurdish–English English-Kurdish Dictionary (Kurmanĉı), (London: Lithosphere Printing, 1993), M.L. Chyet, Kurdish–English Dictionary (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003); Syriac: R. Payne Smith, Thesaurus Syriacum (2 vols., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879-1901; henceforth: Thesaurus), J. Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903), C. Brockelmann, Lexicon Syriacum (Halle: Max Niemyer, 2nd edn, 1928). Notes on transcription: The vowels i, e, E and o are long; otherwise vowel length is marked only for long ā versus short a and long ū versus short u. Stress is penultimate unless otherwise indicated. Superscript + preceding a word indicates word-emphasis. Abbreviations: Akk. = Akkadian, Ar. = Arabic, Azer. = Azerbaijani, C. = Christian dialect of . . . (e.g. C.Urmi), J. = Jewish dialect of . . . (e.g. J.Urmi), JBA = Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, JPA = Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Kurd. = Kurdish, Mand. = Mandaic, OA = Older Aramaic (vis-à-vis Neo-Aramaic), Syr. = Syriac. See further under n. 2. NENA consists of dialects spoken (or originally spoken) east of the Tigris river in Kurdistan, the plain of Mos.ul and Iranian Azerbaijan. The lexical data offered in this paper refer to the following Neo-Aramaic dialects:
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TL;DR: In this paper, the marginal notes in the Syro-Hexapla of Ecclesiastes delineate the role of the text history of the O(ld) G(reek) in determining the text of the Three (Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion).
Abstract: This investigation of the marginal notes in the Syro-Hexapla of Ecclesiastes delineates the role of the text history of the O(ld) G(reek) in determining the text of the Three (Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion), the relation of the Three and the Old Latin in the text history of the OG, and the role of the Three in determining the text of the OG. The implications for a new critical edition of the Three are elaborated as well as for the lexicography of the Three.
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