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Ancient world 1133 Rosenthal, Franz (editor). An Aramaic handbook; with contributions by Zeev Ben-Hayyim [and others]. Two volumes in four. (Series: Porta linguarum orientalium. Neue ser.;10). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1967, Part I, 1: xii, 70p plus foldout of table of scripts; Part I, 2: 76p; Part II, 1: 81p plus foldout of table of scripts; Part II, 2: 120p, glossary. Paperbacks. Fine, clean, tight copies, no marks, like new really. $75.00

Ancient world 1254 Studies in Semitic and Afroasiatic linguistics presented to Gene B. Gragg. Edited by Cynthia L Miller. (Series: Studies in ancient Oriental civilization; no. 60). Chicago, Illinois: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2007, xxviii, 220p, index, illus., maps, 1 port. Large paperbound volume, printed on nice paper. New copy. These essays are not for the faint-of-heart. $18.50

Ancient world 1132Rosenthal, Franz. A grammar of Biblical Aramaic. Fifth printing. (Series: Porta linguarum orientalium; neue Serie, 5). Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1983 (1961), x, 100p. Paperback. There is intermittent yellow highlighting up to page 59. It's neatly done and not as offensive as those who highlight everything in the first chapter and then run out of steam. Otherwise, the book is in good condition. $34.50
The purpose of this grammar is twofold. It is, on one hand, to provide the beginner with the elements of the language, and, on the other, to prepare him ... for possible research in the problems of Aramaeology. These two aims may seem mutually contradictory, and it must be admitted that they are to a degree. However, the attempt is always worth making, and Biblical Aramaic, representing the comparative simplicity of the old consonant writing with the complexities of a much later stage of the spoken language superimposed upon it, is a strenuous training ground ... Knowledge of the… Read More