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Title: Classical Aramaic: Book 1 by Rocco A. Errico, Michael Bazzi ISBN: 0-9631292-1-X Publisher: Noohra Foundation Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A bit deceiving¿
Comment: This is a great book for those who wish to study Syriac script. I say that it is deceiving only because the title simply states "Classical Aramaic" and does not hint at what period is involved here (until you buy it of course). This book seems to lump the evolution of Aramaic and its periods together, then making the reader believe that it is spoken today just as it was in "Jesus' time" (which is false). It does outline the periods, but doesn't tell where this book fits in to it all. Great for Syriac script study, but that's about it.
Rating: 3
Summary: An O.K. book
Comment: Pros: This book does a great job of teaching the reader how to write the various syriac/aramaic scripts (Eastern, Estrangelo) and it also includes vocabulary.
Cons: There is very little to no grammar included. It is a good book for beginners, but for the more advanced I would recommend "Introduction to Syriac" by Wheeler M. Thackston.
Rating: 4
Summary: Introduction to the script
Comment: If you're looking for an introductory grammar of Aramaic, this is not the book for you. (Try Greenspahn's "An Introduction to Aramaic")
A better title for this book would have been "An introduction to Syriac Scripts". And it does it well. The bulk of the book concerns itself with the Eastern Syriac (Nestorian) script. For each letter, the stroke order is shown, and room is alloted for practice. After the alphabet has been introduced, the Estrangela letters that differ from the Nestorian are given. (The Serta script is not given). There is a small section on vocalization, and rules for spirantization. There is little or no grammar given.
All in all, a good introduction to the script. Valuable as a "pre-primer" to more advanced Syriac grammars such as Thackston or Muraoka.
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Title: Introduction to Syriac: An Elementary Grammar With Readings from Syriac Literature by W. M. Thackston, Wheeler M. Thackston ISBN: 0936347988 Publisher: Ibex Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Aramaic Made EZ by Daniel Jon Mahar ISBN: 0967598915 Publisher: The Aramaic Bible Society, Inc. Pub. Date: 23 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: A Short Grammar of Biblical Aramaic (Andrews University Monographs, Vol 1) by Alger F. Johns ISBN: 094387274X Publisher: Andrews University Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1972 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Grammar of Palestinian Jewish Aramaic by William B. Stevenson ISBN: 1579102646 Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: An Elementary Coptic Grammar of the Sahidic Dialect by C. C. Walters ISBN: 0856687189 Publisher: David Brown Book Co Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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