British Library Add. 14,493: A Very Early <i>Garšūnī </i>TextJournal of Semitic 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/YLYJ6QGQ/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Martin R.ZammitBritish Library Add. 14,493: A Very Early <i>Garšūnī </i>Texthttp://syriaca.org/cbss/YLYJ6QGQhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/YLYJ6QGQhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/YLYJ6QGQJournal of Semitic Studies59:22014329-356The production of whole Garšūnī codices, starting from the end of the fourteenth century, was preceded by the insertion of short notes, rubrics in liturgical texts and colophons within Christian Palestinian Aramaic manuscripts of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. However, the roots of Garšūnī may be traced back to the tenth century, if not even before that. It is often believed that early Garšūnī evidence falls short of literary levels. The very early Garšūnī text presented here, which most probably is being published for the first time, constitutes, in the author's opinion, an exception to this generalized assumption. The text includes some ninety brief invocations to God with which the anonymous scribe addressed an unknown, if not hypothetical, emir. Apart from presenting the Garšūnī text, its translation and some philological considerations, this article also discusses the text's khuṭba genre, ‘addressing emirs’ as subject matter and the question concerning dating.
Zammit, Martin R. “British Library Add. 14,493: A Very Early Garšūnī Text.” Journal of Semitic Studies 59:2 (2014): 329–56.
Martin R. Zammit, British Library Add. 14,493: A Very Early Garšūnī Text,” Journal of Semitic Studies 59:2 (2014): 329–56.Arab ChristiansKarshuniMuslim-Christian relationsVII-XVIII CEX CEprimary sources [Arabic] + English translation