After a brief look at exactly where Aramaic appears in the biblical text, we will now begin to learn the Aramaic language itself. We will start with the basic forms of nouns and adjectives and see how they are used together in Aramaic. Examples from the books of Ezra and Daniel will give us a chance to put this new knowledge into practice. As we look into the biblical text for examples, we will also discover how archaeology can shed light on biblical events. We will read the main sections of this text in Aramaic and English and discuss some of the literary and linguistic features of this narrative.
We will also use this text to review the declination of the noun in the absolute, definite, and construct forms. How are they both similar to and different from what we see in Hebrew? How does Aramaic express the idea of possession my, your, his, etc.
In this unit we will learn what the pronouns look like when they are suffixed to another word instead of standing apart as an independent form. We will look into the second chapter of Daniel to see some examples of these pronominal suffixes in context.
We will use the text to review the different forms of the pronouns that we have studied over the last few units. We will also discuss some of the historical and linguistic background of this narrative.
In this unit we will explore a few more ways to combine nouns and adjectives before we turn to the verbal system. We will also learn how Aramaic can create a sentence without actually using a verb. Which English tenses can translate this Aramaic verb? With which English verb tenses can they be translated? As usual, we will turn to Aramaic text of the Bible for examples.
For our third text-based unit, we will examine the letters in the book of Ezra that are exchanged between the king of Persia and various administrators west of the Euphrates.
Alongside our discussion of the historical background of these letters, we will also review the verb forms and add a few notes about some Aramaic vocabulary.
We turn our attention in this unit to a new verb form: the participle. We will see some examples in Daniel of how the participle can be used as a noun, as an adjective, and several different ways as a verb.
Our study of the basic verb forms concludes in this unit as we examine the forms and uses of the imperative and infinitive verbs. How does the morphology of the imperative relate to the Yiqtul form? What two different functions does the infinitive have in Biblical Aramaic?
These are some of the questions we will answer as we turn to Daniel and Ezra for examples. In this unit we will look back through our recent lessons on the verbal system and conduct a summary of the various forms. Now that we have studied the basic noun and verb patterns, we will expand our view and take a look at the big picture of the Aramaic verbal system. We will examine each of the Aramaic binyanim verb patterns and see how they function in the language.
How do these compare with the Hebrew binyanim? In this unit we continue our discussion of the binyanim by focusing on the Hitpeel binyan. How does this binyan relate to Peal, and how is its morphology unique? We will examine this binyan in its various conjugations and look as always to the biblical text for examples. The story of the writing on the wall is one of the most well-known stories in the book of Daniel.
We will read and discuss the first half of this story in this unit and return to the second half later. How can the historical background of this narrative shed light on some of the characters and events here? What can we observe about the Aramaic verbal system from these verses? In this unit we turn our attention to the doubled binyanim, Pael and Hitpaal.
Categories Online Courses. Who spoke Aramaic? The short answer: just about everyone in the ancient world. To be economically and socially connected in the ancient world was to know Aramaic.
Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed. This may not sound like much. Your ability to work with the original languages of the Bible is incomplete without Aramaic. Learning Greek and Hebrew is important.
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Languages and primary sources constitute the backbone; they equip you with a lasting set of tools. Check the entry requirements. Within the limits of the programme, you may also expand your scope by putting a stronger focus on cognate languages: a great variety of pre-modern forms of Aramaic, Phoenician, Ugaritic, and other small corpus idioms, and their contribution to the region's wider cultural history. Electives from other fields offer additional possibilities for specialisation e.
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