The Principles of Syriac Grammar

Cowper, having reasoned that English students of Syriac deserve an affordable and complete, yet not too cumbersome and detailed, guide to the language, here offers an abridged and edited English version of Hoffmann's grammar, originally published in Latin in 1827.

Contenu

• Series Foreword (page 5)
• PREFACE (page 7)
• INTRODUCTION (page 11)
• Table of Abbreviations (page 16)
• CONTENTS (page 17)
• SYRIAC GRAMMAR PART I (page 23)
• PART II : ETYMOLOGY (page 51)
• PART III : SYNTAX (page 111)
• PART IV : PROSODY (page 155)
• TABLES OF VERBS etc (page 164)
• ERRATA (page 204)
• Syriac Alphabet (page 205)
• Arabic Alphabet (page 206)
• Aethiopic Alphabet (page 207)
• Samaritan Alphabet (page 208)