This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2024-2025
Teacher(s)
Language
French
Prerequisites
LGLOR1641 or LGLOR16
Main themes
Mastery of detailed notions of the grammar of Aramean.
Alternating with LGLOR2644, this course deals with the following themes :
Alternating with LGLOR2644, this course deals with the following themes :
- reading and translating Imperial Aramaic texts
- possibly, reading and translation of (parts of) Targumic texts
- possibly, reading and translation of (parts of) Samaritan Aramaic texts
Learning outcomes
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | translate (with a dictionary) Aramaic documents found in Egypt (Hermopolis, Elephantine), in Samaria, in Bactria, in Persepolis, as well as Targumic and Samaritan Aramaic texts. |
Content
The course permits further and deeper study and practice of the language studied in the first cycle. The texts studied vary from year to year and come from different epochs, historical contexts and literary genres:
- study of Imperial Aramaic texts discovered in Egypt, in Samaria, in Bactria and in Persepolis
- study of the Palestinian Targum and of the Samaritan Targum (optional)
Teaching methods
The course is not in the form of lectures: students must have prepared the texts; their preparation will be discussed and improved during the course.
Evaluation methods
Written exam (transliteration, analysis and translation of two Imperial Aramaic, Palestinian Targumic or Samaritan Aramaic texts).
Other information
English-friendly course : course taught in French but offering facilities in English.
Online resources
http://cal.huc.edu/: The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
Bibliography
- G. Dalman, Grammatik des jüdisch-palästinischen Aramäisch nach den Idiomen des Palästinischen Talmud, des Onkelostargum und Prophetentargum und der jerusalemischen Targume, Leipzig, 1905 (surtout pour les tableaux).
- J. Hoftijzer - K. Jongeling, A Dictionary of North-West Semitic Inscriptions, Leiden, 1995.
- M. Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Targumin, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, New York, 1950.
- B. Porten & A. Yardeni, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, Winona Lake, 1986-1999.
- B. Porten & A. Yardeni, Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, Winona Lake, 2015-2018.
- B. Porten & T. Muraoka, A Grammar of Egyptian Aramaic (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten 32), Leiden, 1998.
- T. Muraoka, An Introduction to Egyptian Aramaic (Textbooks of Near Eastern Languages. Aramaic 1 / Lehrbuch orientalischer Sprachen 1), Münster, 2012.
- J. Naveh & Sh. Shaked, Aramaic Documents from Ancient Bactria (Fourth Century BCE) : from the Khalili Collections, London, 2012.
- M. Sokoloff, A Dictionary of Judean Aramaic, Ramat-Gan, 2003.
- W.B. Stevenson, Grammar of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Oxford, 1962.
- A. Tal, Samaritan Aramaic (Lehrbuch orientalischer Sprachen III/2), Münster, 2013.
- H. Gzella, A cultural history of Aramaic: from the beginnings to the advent of Islam (Handbuch der Orientalistik 1/111), Leiden, 2015.
- J. Hoftijzer - K. Jongeling, A Dictionary of North-West Semitic Inscriptions, Leiden, 1995.
- M. Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Targumin, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, New York, 1950.
- B. Porten & A. Yardeni, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, Winona Lake, 1986-1999.
- B. Porten & A. Yardeni, Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, Winona Lake, 2015-2018.
- B. Porten & T. Muraoka, A Grammar of Egyptian Aramaic (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten 32), Leiden, 1998.
- T. Muraoka, An Introduction to Egyptian Aramaic (Textbooks of Near Eastern Languages. Aramaic 1 / Lehrbuch orientalischer Sprachen 1), Münster, 2012.
- J. Naveh & Sh. Shaked, Aramaic Documents from Ancient Bactria (Fourth Century BCE) : from the Khalili Collections, London, 2012.
- M. Sokoloff, A Dictionary of Judean Aramaic, Ramat-Gan, 2003.
- W.B. Stevenson, Grammar of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Oxford, 1962.
- A. Tal, Samaritan Aramaic (Lehrbuch orientalischer Sprachen III/2), Münster, 2013.
- H. Gzella, A cultural history of Aramaic: from the beginnings to the advent of Islam (Handbuch der Orientalistik 1/111), Leiden, 2015.
Teaching materials
- L’enseignant distribue les textes pendant le cours.
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