Aramaic Texts from Antiquity

5 credits

Language, style, and literary sophistication of Aramaic texts. Texts represent a long historical development in the language: Old Aramaic inscriptions of Sefire and Tell Fekheriya, Biblical book of Daniel, Imperial Aramaic letters from Elephantine, select passages from the Dead Sea scrolls, Targumim, the Talmud, and Late Antique magic bowls. Prerequisite: BIBHEB 513 or evidence of knowledge of biblical Hebrew at the appropriate level as administered by a test. Offered: Sp.