Judeo-Syriac in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Judeo-Syriac in Late Antiquity and the Middle AgesJournal of Jewish StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/7DB846LF/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.SiamBhayroJudeo-Syriac in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ageshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/7DB846LFhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/7DB846LFhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/7DB846LFJournal of Jewish Studies75:1202441-54In 2012 the term ‘Judeo-Syriac’ was coined independently by two scholars to refer to Syriac written in Jewish Aramaic/Hebrew script, in texts from late antiquity, on the one hand, and in medieval texts, on the other. In this article the differences between these two types of Judeo-Syriac are established, particularly in respect of their sociolinguistic contexts. The earlier context involves the Jews of Edessa and its environs, for whom Syriac was their mother tongue, and who, as evidenced by the Peshitta Old Testament, normally used Syriac script; their use of Jewish script in funerary inscriptions was exceptional. The later context involves Jewish scholars, for whom Syriac was not their mother tongue, engaging with Syriac Christian scholarship, initially through direct contact with Christian scholars. The textual products of such collaborations resulted in Judeo-Syriac texts that continued to be copied by Jewish scholars who had little knowledge of Syriac in Syriac script. Bhayro, Siam. “Judeo-Syriac in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.” Journal of Jewish Studies 75:1 (2024): 41–54. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3828/jjs.2024.75.1.41. Siam Bhayro, Judeo-Syriac in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Journal of Jewish Studies 75:1 (2024): 41–54, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3828/jjs.2024.75.1.41.