Biblical Aramaic: A Reader

Libro 2 en Hebrew Bible Readers

This is an Aramaic reader of the Bible. It covers the all the Aramaic portions of the Bible; namely, the chapters in Ezra and Daniel, as well as a verse in Jeremiah 10, and two words in Genesis 31. It is designed as a useful cost-efficient tool for two groups of people. First, for students learning Biblical Aramaic after a year’s worth of study this book provides the material to grow in reading ability from the primary texts. Second, this book is designed for pastors, scholars, and curious lay people looking to refresh their Aramaic, or use them in preparation for their work of study, preaching, and teaching.

The book immerses the reader in the biblical texts in order to build confidence reading Biblical Aramaic as quickly as possible. To achieve this, all uncommon words that occur 10 times or fewer in the Bible are glossed as footnotes. This enables the reader to continue reading every passage unhindered. Therefore, the book complements traditional language grammars and is especially ideal for beginner and intermediate students learning to read Biblical Aramaic. However, even advanced readers will appreciate the glossing of the rare words, since it saves time reading the text. In addition, unlike other readers, this book is small and light, so very easy to carry around and a pleasure to read.

Other features include:

• Biblical maps
• Glossary of all the words not glossed below the text
• Formatted poetry
• Qere / Ketivs marked in the margins
• Tables of Masoretic accents
• Wide margins