Muraoka Takamitsu, Porten Bezalel. A Grammar of Egyptian Aramaic.
1998. - 439 pages.
This is a comprehensive grammar of Egyptian Aramaic. This is not a beginners' grammar. The authors assume that the reader already possesses basic knowledge of Aramaic with some vocabulary acquired from a study of an Aramaic idiom with a reasonably firm tradition of vocalisation, such as Biblical Aramaic, Targumic Aramaic or Classical Syriac. Hence there are no exercises. However, for the benefit of those who are not trained as grammarians or linguists, a simple glossary of technical terms has been appended. The authors have also translated almost every Aramaic citation, whether single words, phrases or clauses.
The authors' approach is essentially descriptive and synchronic. However, given the nature of the texts in question it was often felt necessary to draw upon data in earlier or later phases of Aramaic and other cognate Aramaic dialects.
This is a comprehensive grammar of Egyptian Aramaic. This is not a beginners' grammar. The authors assume that the reader already possesses basic knowledge of Aramaic with some vocabulary acquired from a study of an Aramaic idiom with a reasonably firm tradition of vocalisation, such as Biblical Aramaic, Targumic Aramaic or Classical Syriac. Hence there are no exercises. However, for the benefit of those who are not trained as grammarians or linguists, a simple glossary of technical terms has been appended. The authors have also translated almost every Aramaic citation, whether single words, phrases or clauses.
The authors' approach is essentially descriptive and synchronic. However, given the nature of the texts in question it was often felt necessary to draw upon data in earlier or later phases of Aramaic and other cognate Aramaic dialects.