Learning Syriac and Garshuni in Early Modern Egypt: Evidence from the Cairo Genizah

Learning Syriac and Garshuni in Early Modern Egypt: Evidence from the Cairo GenizahIntellectual History of the Islamicate WorldSyriaca.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/M8K6A5U3/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.George AntonKirazLearning Syriac and Garshuni in Early Modern Egypt: Evidence from the Cairo Genizahhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/M8K6A5U3https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/M8K6A5U3https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/M8K6A5U3Intellectual History of the Islamicate World9:1-2202162-87The fragments published here consist of a pupil’s exercise sheets. The contents are alphabet exercises as well as repetitive phrases from hymnals. As such, the material sheds light on the pedagogical environment of the Syriac settlement in Early Modern Egypt and helps us connect the received liturgical tradition of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the middle of the second millennium. Kiraz, George Anton. “Learning Syriac and Garshuni in Early Modern Egypt: Evidence from the Cairo Genizah.” Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 9:1-2 (2021): 62–87. George Anton Kiraz, Learning Syriac and Garshuni in Early Modern Egypt: Evidence from the Cairo Genizah, Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 9:1-2 (2021): 62–87.Cairo GenizahJacobitesKarshuniSyriac influence [Egypt]VII-XVIII CEeducationliturgics