Semitic studies in honour of Edward Ullendorff / / edited by Geoffrey Khan.

• Superior document: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Volume 47
• TeilnehmendeR: Khan, Geoffrey,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English; Italian; German
• Series: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Volume 47.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 367 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; INTRODUCTION /; UPDATE TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF EDWARD ULLENDORFF /; SEMITIC TRIRADICALISM AND THE BIRADICAL QUESTION /; REFLEXES OF QATL FORMS IN GƎ‘ƎZ /; THE DECAY OF QATTALA/QĀTALA IN GƎ‘ƎZ /; DEFINITE MARKERS IN MODERN ETHIOPIAN SEMITIC LANGUAGES /; IS NEO-ARAMAIC A SEMITIC LANGUAGE? /; SOME PARALLELS IN LINGUISTIC DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN BIBLICAL HEBREW AND NEO-ARAMAIC /; THE DATIVUS ETHICUS IN MEDIEVAL JUDAEO-ARABIC /; FORM X OF THE VERB IN THE ARABIC DIALECTS OF EASTERN ARABIA /; A CHRISTIAN TRADITION OF HEBREW VOCALISATION IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND /; THE SCRIPT OF TAIMAN /; VENEZIA E LIVORNO NELLA TOPONOMASTICA ARABA /; THE ETYMOLOGY OF 'ΆNΘPΩΠOΣ A SUGGESTION /; EHEU, FUGACES /; MORE THAN MARGINAL UGARIT IN ITS EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SETTING /; A QUESTIONABLE THEORY OF EGYPTIAN INFLUENCE ON A GENRE OF HEBREW LITERATURE /; ISAIAH, MICAH AND QUMRAN /; PSALM 135(136):25 IN A JEWISH GREEK INSCRIPTION FROM NICAEA /; DINAH IN A SYRIAC POEM ON JOSEPH /; TWO NOTES ON THE ETHIOPIC TEXT OF EZEKIEL /; DIE ÄTHIOPISCHEN HANDSCHRIFTEN DER SAMMLUNG BONGARSIANA CODICES /; AN ARCHAIC AMHARIC POEM ON CONDEMNING WEALTH AND GLORY /; INNOVATION AND MISONEISM DURING THE REIGN OF EMPEROR YOHANNES IV OF ETHIOPIA (1872–1889) /; TOWARDS A BIOGRAPHY OF NIẒĀM AL-MULK THREE SOURCES FROM IBN AL-‘ADĪM /; JEAN JUSTER AND THE STUDY OF JEWS UNDER ROMAN RULE /; DANTE AND MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE /; HUMOUR IN THE NOVELS OF PERETZ SMOLENSKIN /; INDEXES /; STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9047415752
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Geoffrey Khan.

This is a Festschrift volume for the British Semitist Edward Ullendorff. It contains papers written by leading scholars in the fields of Semitic philology and Near Eastern history and literature. The contributions are wide-ranging, including linguistic studies of Ethiopian Semitic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic and Greek, also papers on ancient Near Eastern, biblical, Islamic and Ethiopian history and papers on Amharic and Modern Hebrew literature.