Complete Aramaic
Designed for complete beginners, and tested with real learners, Complete Aramaic offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate Biblical texts written in the language spoken by Jesus and the earliest Christian community.

Structured around authentic material including Biblical extracts from the books of Daniel and Ezra as well as extracts from the Dead Sea Scrolls, using original exercises and full grammatical support, this course also features:

-22 short learning units plus glossary and reference section
-Authentic materials - language taught through key texts
-Teaches the key skills - reading and understanding Aramaic grammar and vocabulary
-Includes readings from ancient papyri and the Dead Sea Scrolls
-Self tests and learning activities - see and track your own progress

Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 80 years.
 
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Complete Aramaic
Designed for complete beginners, and tested with real learners, Complete Aramaic offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate Biblical texts written in the language spoken by Jesus and the earliest Christian community.

Structured around authentic material including Biblical extracts from the books of Daniel and Ezra as well as extracts from the Dead Sea Scrolls, using original exercises and full grammatical support, this course also features:

-22 short learning units plus glossary and reference section
-Authentic materials - language taught through key texts
-Teaches the key skills - reading and understanding Aramaic grammar and vocabulary
-Includes readings from ancient papyri and the Dead Sea Scrolls
-Self tests and learning activities - see and track your own progress

Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 80 years.
 
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Complete Aramaic

Complete Aramaic

by Eric Reymond
Complete Aramaic

Complete Aramaic

by Eric Reymond

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Designed for complete beginners, and tested with real learners, Complete Aramaic offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate Biblical texts written in the language spoken by Jesus and the earliest Christian community.

Structured around authentic material including Biblical extracts from the books of Daniel and Ezra as well as extracts from the Dead Sea Scrolls, using original exercises and full grammatical support, this course also features:

-22 short learning units plus glossary and reference section
-Authentic materials - language taught through key texts
-Teaches the key skills - reading and understanding Aramaic grammar and vocabulary
-Includes readings from ancient papyri and the Dead Sea Scrolls
-Self tests and learning activities - see and track your own progress

Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 80 years.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781473627765
Publisher: Hachette Mobius
Publication date: 02/15/2022
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 7.50(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Eric Reymond is Lector in Biblical Hebrew at Yale Divinity School. He has studied Aramaic in all its forms, as well as Syriac, and has taught Aramaic to graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Yale University. He is the author of numerous articles and reviews, in addition to two books, and has created a website specifically to teach Aramaic to those who no previous experience of Semitic languages.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii

About the author ix

Introduction x

How the course works xii

Learn to learn xiv

Guide to pronunciation xv

Abbreviations xvii

1 Consonants and the alphabet

The Aramaic alphabet

Transliteration, letter names, and pronunciation

Final letter forms

Daniel 5:1-9 2

2 Vowels, maters, and begadkephat letters

The vowels

Consonants used to mark vowels: maters

Vowel symbols

Hateph vowels and diphthongs

Distinguishing maters and other concerns

Begadkephat letters

Daniel 5:10-16 12

3 Syllabification and shewa

The shewa symbol

Syllabification

Dagesh representing a doubled consonant

Silent aleph and other matters

Daniel 5:23-6:1 22

4 Independent pronouns, the root, and the prepositions &cgpBcdotvtwodot;, &cgpBcdotvtwodot;, and &cgpNbthreedot;

Independent pronouns

The Aramaic root

Weak roots

Nouns with prefixed mem

Prepositions &cgpBcdotvtwodot;, &cgpBcdotvtwodot;, and &cgpNbthreedot;

Demonstrative and interrogative pronouns 32

5 Nouns and adjectives

Gender and number

The absolute, construct, and determined states

Inflection of the noun and adjective

Syntax of adjectives and demonstrative pronouns

Daniel 6:2-4 40

6 Participles

Active participles

Vowel reduction

Syntax of participles

Passive participles

Daniel 6:5-6 50

7 More complex noun patterns

More complex nouns and adjectives

Other noun/adjective patterns

Geminate nouns and adjectives

Words with -ah (or -â), -an, -own , -iy and iyt suffixes

Irregular nouns

Daniel 6:7-9 58

8 The suffix conjugation of the strong root

The verbal system: an overview

P&rmcgreve;'al suffix conjugation

The pa"el and haph'el suffix conjugation

Guttural consonants and irregular roots

Daniel 6:10-13 72

9 Prepositions and nouns with pronominal suffixes

Prepositions with suffixes

Pronominal suffixes on singular nouns

Pronominal suffixes on plural nouns

Daniel 6:17-20 82

10 The syntax of diy and the existential particle 'iytay

Existential particle 'iytay

The genitive use of the particle diy

The relative use of the particle diy

Conjunctive use of the particle diy

Daniel 6:21-3 94

11 P&rmcgreve;'al prefix conjugation, imperative, infinitive and identifying the direct object

Review of the suffix conjugation

The meaning of the prefix conjugation

The p&rmcgreve;'al prefix conjugation

The p&rmcgreve;'al imperative

The p&rmcgreve;'al infinitive

Identifying the direct object

Daniel 3:8-12 104

12 Pa"el prefix conjugation, imperative, participle, infinitive and impersonal constructions with the plural verb

Review of the pa"el suffix conjugation: the strong and middle guttural roots

The pa"el prefix conjugation and imperative

Pa"el participles and infinitive

Impersonal constructions with plural verbs

Daniel 3:13-16 114

13 Haph'el/Aph'el suffix conjugation, prefix conjugation, imperative, participle, infinitive

Review of the haph'el/aph'el suffix conjugation

Haph'el/aph'el prefix conjugation and imperative

Daniel 3:17-20 122

14 The internal passive stems: p&rmcgreve;'il, pu"al, huph'al/hoph'al suffix conjugation and numerals

The internal passive stems

Cardinal numerals

Ordinal numerals

Daniel 5:24-8

Daniel 3:21-4 128

15 Hitp&rmcgreve;'el and hitpa"al stems and gentilic nouns

The hitp&rmcgreve;'el (&cgpN;&cgpM;&cgpScbdot;&cgpGbddot;&cgpAbddot;) and hitpa"al (&cgpN;&cgpM;&cgpScbdot;&cgpGbddot;&cgpAbddot;) stems

The suffix and prefix conjugations of the hitp&rmcgreve;'el and the hitpa"al

Gentilic nouns/adjectives

Daniel 3:25-8 134

16 I-weak verbs

I-weak verbs

I-nun verbs

I-aleph verbs

I-yod verbs

Ezra 4:11-14 142

17 II-waw/yod verbs

Suffix and prefix conjugations of II-waw/yod verbs

Imperatives, participles, and infinitives of II-waw/yod verbs

Other forms and idiosyncracies

Ezra 4:17-21 152

18 III-aleph/waw/yod verbs

III-aleph/waw/yod verbs

P&rmcgreve;'al (and p&rmcgreve;'il) of III-aleph/waw/yod verbs

Pa"el and haph'el of III-aleph/waw/yod verbs

Participles and infinitives of III-aleph/waw/yod verbs

Other stems, doubly weak roots, and other peculiarities

Ezra 5:1-5 158

19 Geminate verbs

Suffix and prefix conjugations of geminate verbs

Imperatives, participles, and infinitives of geminate verbs

Ezra 5:6-10 168

20 Verbs with suffixes

Suffix conjugation with pronominal suffixes

Prefix conjugation with pronominal suffixes

Other verbal forms with pronominal suffixes

Ezra 5:11-15 174

21 Syntax of clauses and numerals

Word order

The syntax of numerals

Adverbial accusatives

Infinitives as regular verbs

Ezra 5:16-6:7 182

22 Readings in the targums

Targums

The grammar of Targum Onqelos

The grammar of Targum Neofiti

Gen 1:1-13 in Targum Onqelos

Gen 11:1-9 in Targum Onqelos

Gen 11:1-9 in Targum Neofiti 190

23 Readings in the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Grammar of the Aramaic of the Dead Sea Scrolls

A portion of the Genesis Apocryphon (1Q20 col. 19, line 14 through col. 20, line 18)

A portion of the Apocryphon of Levi (4Q541 frag. 9, col, i, lines 2-7) 206

24 Readings in the Egyptian Aramaic texts

Egyptian Aramaic texts

Grammar of Egyptian Aramaic

Portions of The Words of Ahiqar (= Tad C1.1)

Hermopolis letter 1 (= Tad A2.3) 216

Text of Daniel 4-5 226

Answer Key 236

Correspondences of verse numbers 276

Verb tables 278

Glossary of grammatical terms 286

Aramaic-English glossary 289

Bibliography and further reading 322

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