TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gzella,Holger
AU  - Suchard,Benjamin D
TI  - Aramaic: A History of the First World Language 
SN  - 9780802877482
U1  - B46 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
KW  - Aramaic language
KW  - History
N1  - "Original title De eerste wereldtaal: De geschiedenis van het Aramees @2017 Holger Gzella. First published in 2017 by Athenaeum--Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-344) and index; The oldest Aramaic and its cultural context -- Aramaic as a world language -- Aramaic in the Bible and early Judaism -- Aramaic between the classical and Parthian worlds -- Syriac and the end of paganism -- The second sacred language : Aramaic in Rabbinic Judaism -- Not just Jews and Christians : Samaritans, Mandeans, and others -- Aramaic in Arabia and the Islamic world -- Modern Aramaic from a historical perspective
N2  - "A comprehensive history of the Aramaic language, from its first attestations around 1000 BCE to the modern day"--
ER  -