TY  - BOOK
AU  - Akopian,Arman
TI  - Introduction to Aramean and Syriac Studies: A manual 
T2  - Gorgias Handbooks
SN  - 9781463207380
U1  - 490 
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ : 
PB  - Gorgias Press, 
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; LIST OF FIGURES --; LIST OF TABLES --; LIST OF MAPS --; 1. Semitic languages and peoples --; 2. Arameans at the dawn of their history --; 3. The religion of ancient Arameans --; 4. The Aramaic language and its world --; 5. Osrhoene and the Aramean awakening --; 6. The spread of Christianity in Osrhoene --; 7. Syriac Christianity under the rule of Iran --; 8. Syriaс thought and literature of the first centuries of Christianity --; 9. The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church and its schisms --; 10. The split of Syriac Christianity: "Nestorians" and "Jacobites" --; 11. Other branches of Syriac Christianity: Melkites and Maronites --; 12. The writing and scribal traditions of the Syriacs --; 13. Translation activity of the Syriacs --; 14. Syriac translations of the Holy Scriptures --; 15. Syriac system of education --; 16. Syriac theology and philosophy --; 17. Worldly sciences and secular literature of the Syriacs --; 18. Syriac historiography --; 19. Syriacs under Arab-Muslim domination --; 20. Commercial and missionary activity of the Syriacs --; 21. Syriac rite Catholic Churches --; 22. The Syriacs between the Ottoman Empire, Iran, and Russia --; 23. The "Assyrian idea" and the issue of self-identitification for Syriac Christians --; 24. Syriacs in the 20th century and on the threshold of the third millennium --; 25. Modern Aramaic dialects --; 26.The current stage of the Classical Syriac Language --; 27. The origins and development of modern Aramean and Syriac studies --; APPENDIX: KLAUS BEYER'S CLASSIFICATION OF ARAMAIC DIALECTS --; SELECT BIBILIOGRAPHY --; GENERAL INDEX; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - An English translation of Arman Akopian's comprehensive Introduction to Aramean and Syriac Studies, from the earliest appearances of Arameans in the historical record, through to the modern day
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463238933
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463238933
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463238933/original
ER  -