Christian Palestinian Aramaic
New Perspectives on Language and Texts
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a cura di
- Emiliano Fiori - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email
- Mara Nicosia - Università degli Studi di Padova - 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 Sinai • Phoenice maritima • Dialect geography • Phoenicia Maritima • Palimpsests • Jordan • Palimpsest • Egypt • Apophtegms of the Fathers • Textual tradition • Provincia Arabia • Lexis • Mosaïques • Inscriptions • Language Contact • Syriac Christianity • Araméen • Western Aramaic lexical items • Christian Palestinian Aramaic • Première époque islamique • Égypte • Morphological features • Patriarcat melkite • Lexicology • Populations sémitiques • Codicology • Syrie • Mosaics • Ancient Greek • Linguistics • Late Aramaic • Melkite Patriarchate • Greek loanwords • Manuscripts • Israêl • Provincia Arabica • Jordanie • Palestine • Greek into Christian Palestinian Aramaic • Aramaic • Syria • Israel • First Islamic Period • Psalms • Epigraphy • Syriac • Byzantine Period • Provinciae Palestinae • Semitic Populations • Translation • Syriaque • Période byzantine • Monastic Apophthegms
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 | Pubblicato 13 Maggio 2026 | Lingua fr, en
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