The New Syriac Primer

✍ Scribed by George Kiraz

• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 302
• Series: Gorgias Handbooks
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A truly useful introduction to the Syriac language is a rare find. This practical initiation to the study of this ancient language of the Christian church speaks with clarity and authority. A fruitful integration of scholarly introduction and practical application, this primer is more than a simple grammar or syntactic introduction to the language. Writing in a style designed for beginners, Kiraz avoids technical language and strives for a reader-friendly inductive approach. Readings from actual Syriac texts allow the student to experience the language first hand and the basics of the grammar of the language are ably explained. The book comes with downloadable material so that readers may listen to all reading sentences and text passages in the book.

✦ Table of Contents

Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Audio Tracks
Preface
Note to the Second Printing
About Syriac
1 Introduction to Reading and Writing
2 Reading with Gender
3 Reading with Number
4 Reading With Tense
5 Longer Words: Prefixes and Suffixes
6 Readings
7 Grammar
8 The Estrangelo and East Syriac Scripts
9 How Do I Do That?
Appendix
Glossary of Grammatical Terms
Syriac-English Glossary
Index