Studies in Aramaic poetry : : (c. 100 B.C.E.-c. 600 C.E.) : selected Jewish, Christian, and Samaritan poems / / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira.

• Author: Rodrigues Pereira, Alphons S. 1923-
• Place / Publishing House: Assen : : Van Gorcum,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English; Aramaic; Syriac; Dutch
• Series: Studia Semitica Neerlandica 34.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 456 pages).

The paucity of material, which has limited the study of Aramaic for too long, is gradually being alleviated. An ever growing body of well-edited texts is being made available to the scholarly world. These publications have provoked a number of important and penetrating linguistical and grammatical studies. Generally, however, corresponding literary studies of these texts are still lacking. The present work is an attempt to add a literary approach to the earlier analyses. The study deals with Aramaic poetry of the period between c. 100 B.C.E. and c. 600 C.E. The discussion of the textual material is organized in a number of levels, one superimposed upon the other. The basis is formed by a close exegetical and literary reading of the poems to elucidate essential elements of content, style and form. Particular attention is paid to structure and composi tion as a function of the content of the poems, and to the use made by the poets of stylistic devices as structural elements.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Introduction / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- The Ode to Sarai’s Beauty :(Genesis Apocryphon XX, 2-8a) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- The Song of David :(Targum Jonathan to II Sam. 22) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Targumic Poems From the Cairo Genizah / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- On Our Lord and on Death and Satan :(Carmina Nisibena, 35-42) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Three Marka Hymns :(Samaritan Liturgy) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- The Hymns on the Pearl :(Hymni de Fide, 81-85) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- General Discussion / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Bibliography / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- The Ode to Sarai’s Beauty / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- The Song of David (Targum Jonathan to II Sam. 22:1-55) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Targumic poems from the Cairo Genizah / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Ephrem the Syrian: On our Lord and on Death and Satan (Carmina Nisibena 35-42) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Three Marka Hymns / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Ephrem the Syrian: The Hymns on the Pearl (Hymni de Fide 81-85) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- The Ode to Sarai’s beauty (Genesis Apocryphon XX, 2-Sa) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- The Song of David (Targum Jonathan to II Sam. 22:1-55) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Targumic poems from the Cairo Genizah / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Ephrem the Syrian: On our Lord and on Death and Satan (Carmina Nisibena 35-42) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Three Marka-Hymns (Samaritan Liturgy) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira -- Ephrem the Syrian: The Hymns on the Pearl (Hymni de Fide 81-85) / A.S. Rodrigues Pereira.