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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.
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Table of contents
- 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. SyriaŃ 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: âNestoriansâ and âJacobitesâ
- 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 âAssyrian ideaâ 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 BEYERâS CLASSIFICATION OF ARAMAIC DIALECTS
- SELECT BIBILIOGRAPHY
- GENERAL INDEX