Christian Palestinian Aramaic
New Perspectives on Language and Texts
open access
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edited by
- Emiliano Fiori - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - email
- Mara Nicosia - University of Padua - email
Abstract
At the time of its discovery, Christian Palestinian Aramaic suffered from its proximity to Syriac and from the fact that its literary production encompassed mostly translations from Greek. Spanning inscriptions, magical texts, and many literary genres, the Christian Palestinian Aramaic corpus has recently gained scholarly attention and is now recognised for its historical value. This shift has fostered a deeper understanding of the linguistic, textual, and cultural history of Melkite Christians in Syria and Sinai. This volume presents a selection of studies in Christian Palestinian Aramaic linguistics, epigraphy, and literature, complemented by a comprehensive bibliography of the field.
Keywords Dialect geography • Ancient Greek • Syriac Christianity • Textual tradition • Période byzantine • Translation • Palimpsest • Sinai • Phoenice maritima • Western Aramaic lexical items • Aramaic • Apophtegms of the Fathers • Manuscripts • Lexicology • Provincia Arabia • Greek loanwords • Semitic Populations • Language Contact • Phoenicia Maritima • Palimpsests • Syrie • Patriarcat melkite • Christian Palestinian Aramaic • First Islamic Period • Israêl • Première époque islamique • Late Aramaic • Syriac • Syriaque • Provincia Arabica • Codicology • Lexis • Populations sémitiques • Byzantine Period • Palestine • Egypt • Jordanie • Inscriptions • Araméen • Syria • Linguistics • Psalms • Monastic Apophthegms • Mosaïques • Égypte • Melkite Patriarchate • Greek into Christian Palestinian Aramaic • Jordan • Epigraphy • Provinciae Palestinae • Israel • Morphological features • Mosaics
Thema codes CFN • CFF • 1FBS • 3KB
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/979-12-5742-018-5 | e-ISBN 979-12-5742-018-5 | ISBN (PRINT) 979-12-5742-065-9 | Published May 13, 2026 | Language fr, en
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