Basics of Classical Syriac: Complete Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon

by Steven C. Hallam

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2016

Overview

Basics of Classical Syriac by Steven C. Hallam is a beginning Syriac grammar, workbook, and lexicon all in one and can be used by independent learners or a classroom setting.

Of the early translational languages of the New Testament, none is more important than Syriac. A working knowledge of Syriac provides a lens from which to study the early texts of the Greek New Testament, the Peshitta (the Syriac translation of the Bible), and various early church history texts and commentary, thus Basics of Classical Syriac is useful for students across a range of disciplines. Workbook exercises for each chapter enable students to know whether they are grasping the fundamentals of the language.

Basics of Classical Syriac provides an ideal first step into this ancient language and focuses on getting the student into text translation as quickly as possible.

Key Features

• Provides an ideal first step into this ancient language
• Focuses on getting the student into text translation as quickly as possible
• Includes workbook exercises for each chapter

Section 1: Nouns and Simple Sentences

• The Alphabet and Pronunciation
• Nouns
• Peal Perfect
• Pronouns
• Pronominal/Objective Suffixes

Section 2: Verbs

• Participles
• Imperfect Tense
• Imperative and Infinitive
• Ethpeel
• Pael
• Ethpaal
• Aphel
• Ettaphel

Section 3: Weak Verbs

• III-Alaph Verbs
• Hollow Verbs
• Geminate Verbs
• I-Yod Verbs
• II-Alaph Verbs
• I-Nun Verbs
• Text with No Vowel Pointing and Numbers

Product Details

• Title: Basics of Classical Syriac: Complete Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon
• Author: Steven C. Hallam
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 318
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Syriac language › Grammar; Syriac language › Dictionaries
• ISBNs: 9780310527886, 0310527864, 9780310527862, 0310527880
• Resource ID: LLS:BSCSCLSSCLSYRC
• Resource Type: Grammar
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-11-29T21:41:08Z

About Steven C. Hallam

Steven C. Hallam (PhD, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary) is Assistant Professor and Chair of the General Studies department at Alaska Christian College in Soldotna, AK. He has taught Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac at the graduate level, and is a recipient of the Zondervan award in Biblical Greek.