Christian Palestinian Aramaic
New Perspectives on Language and Texts
open access
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edited by
- 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 Byzantine Period • Lexis • Greek into Christian Palestinian Aramaic • Late Aramaic • Israêl • Morphological features • Araméen • Phoenicia Maritima • Codicology • First Islamic Period • Monastic Apophthegms • Manuscripts • Syrie • Language Contact • Semitic Populations • Translation • Mosaïques • Syria • Ancient Greek • Syriaque • Palimpsests • Greek loanwords • Provinciae Palestinae • Syriac • Lexicology • Palestine • Mosaics • Epigraphy • Western Aramaic lexical items • Première époque islamique • Dialect geography • Israel • Aramaic • Palimpsest • Egypt • Phoenice maritima • Semitic Populations • Provincia Arabica • Période byzantine • Psalms • Linguistics • Textual tradition • Jordan • Apophtegms of the Fathers • Syriac Christianity • Égypte • Sinai • Jordanie • Populations sémitiques • Provincia Arabia • Patriarcat melkite • Christian Palestinian Aramaic • Melkite Patriarchate • Inscriptions
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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