The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia

This book is a convenient, portable paperback derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

Roger D. Woodard (Edited by)

9780521684989, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 10 April 2008

284 pages, 1 map 19 tables
24.3 x 19 x 1.9 cm, 0.64 kg

This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The volume brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for scholars and students of linguistics, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.

Editor's foreword Roger D. Woodard
1. The ancient languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia: an introduction Roger D. Woodard
2. Ugaritic Dennis Pardee
3. Hebrew P. Kyle McCarter, Jr.
4. Phoenecian and Punic Jo Ann Hackett
5. Canaanite dialects Dennis Pardee
6. Aramaic Stuart Creason
7. Ancient South Arabian Norbert Nebes and Peter Stein
8. Ancient North Arabian M. C. A. MacDonald
Appendix 1. Afro-Asiatic John Huehnergard
Appendix 2. Full table of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

Subject Areas: Archaeology [HD], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], Language: history & general works [CBX]