Aramaic studies
Aramaic studies is the study of the Aramaic language and Syriac Christianity. A specialist in Aramaic studies is known as a Aramaicist. British, French, and German scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries who were involved in the study of Syriac/Aramaic language and literature were commonly known by the designation Syriacist (a scholar of Syriac studies, at a time when the Syriac language was little understood outside Assyrian, Syriac Christian and Maronite Christian communities. In Germany the field of study is distinguished between Aramaistik (Aramaic studies) and Neuaramaistik (Neo-Aramaic (Syriac) studies).
Aramaic studies is the term used at the University of Oxford, University of Leiden, and University of Detroit Mercy. At some other universities, Aramaic studies are mostly incorporated into a more 'general' field of studies, such as Eastern Christianity at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, as Eastern Christianity at Duke University,[1] or as Semitic studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. Most students learn the Aramaic language and Syriac language within a biblical studies program.
Aramaic academic journals include the annual Aramaic Studies, a leading journal for Aramaic language and literature published by Brill Academic Publishers. The journal incorporates the previous Journal for the Aramaic Bible for a more inclusive scope, to include all aspects of Aramaic language and literature, even when not, or only indirectly, related to Biblical texts.
See also
- Assyrian people
- Assyrianism
- Assyria
- Assyrian continuity
- Aramea
- Arameanism
- Phoenicia
- Phoenicianism
- Syriac Christianity
- Assyrian Church of the East
- Syriac Orthodox Church
- Chaldean Catholic Church
- Nestorian Church
- Ancient Church of the East
- Maronite Church
- Syriac Catholic Church
- Assyrian Pentecostal Church
- Assyrian Evangelical Church
- Etymology of Syria
- Names for Syriac Christians
- Mesopotamian religion
- Syriac alphabet
- Syriac literature
- Peshitta
- Ephrem the Syrian
- Assyrian culture
- Assyrian music
- Syriac sacral music
- Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium
- Eastern Aramaic
- Turoyo
- Syrian Arabic
References
- Eastern Crossroads: Essays on Medieval Christian Legacy - Page 391 Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala - 2007 "Not because this list would be very long, but since Syriac Studies are mostly incorporated into a more general field of studies, e.g. Aramaic studies (as is the case, e.g. at the Universities of Oxford or Leiden), or Eastern Christianity, as in Duke, ..."