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020			_a9789004285101 _q(electronic book)
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024	7		_a10.1163/9789004285101 _2DOI
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100	1		_aGzella, Holger, _d1974-
245	1	2	_aA cultural history of Aramaic : _bfrom the beginnings to the advent of Islam / _cby Holger Gzella.
264		1	_aLeiden, The Netherlands : _bKoninklijke Brill.
264		4	_cc2015.
300			_a1 online resource (466 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aHandbook of Oriental Studies, Section 1. The Near and Middle East = Handbuch der Orientalistik, _x0169-9423 ; _vv. 111
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aPreliminary Material -- Introduction: Aramaic among the Semitic Languages -- The Emergence of Aramaic Dialects in the Fertile Crescent -- The Spread of Aramaic in the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires -- Official Aramaic and the Achaemenid Chancellery -- Aramaic in the Hellenistic and Early Roman Near East -- Western Aramaic in Late Antique Palestine -- Eastern Aramaic in Late Antique Syria and Mesopotamia -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Modern Authors -- Index of Subjects -- Sources.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aAramaic is a constant thread running through the various civilizations of the Near East, ancient and modern, from 1000 BCE to the present, and has been the language of small principalities, world empires, and a fair share of the Jewish-Christian tradition. Holger Gzella describes its cultural and linguistic history as a continuous evolution from its beginnings to the advent of Islam. For the first time the individual phases of the language, their socio-historical underpinnings, and the textual sources are discussed comprehensively in light of the latest linguistic and historical research and with ample attention to scribal traditions, multilingualism, and language as a marker of cultural self-awareness. Many new observations on Aramaic are thereby integrated into a coherent historical framework.
650		0	_aAramaic language _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aAramaic language _xHistory.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aGzella, Holger, 1974- _tCultural history of Aramaic : from the beginnings to the advent of Islam. _dLeiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill, ©2015 _hxv, 451 pages _kHandbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; Volume 111 _x0169-9423 _z9789004285095
830		0	_aHandbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East _v111.
830		0	_aHandbook of Oriental Studies: Ancient Near East Online, ISBN: 9789004307988.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004285101
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