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A Short Grammar of Biblical Aramaic (Andrews University Monographs) Paperback – June 1, 1977

by Alger F. Johns (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
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The goal of this grammar is to concisely, yet completely cover the essentials of Biblical Aramaic. Aimed at seminary students, this grammar has become the standard textbook of Biblical Aramaic and is the only one to include graded exercises at the end of each lesson. The Annotated Answer Key by Alger Johns provides translations for the exercises in the textbook. Addressing each chapter of the grammar, James Jumper offers valuable annotations, grammar reminders, and easy cross-referencing. Sold separately.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Andrews University Press; Revised edition (June 1, 1977)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 108 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 094387274X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0943872742
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Elle Bleu
5.0 out of 5 stars I am an Aramaic Fanatic
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2013
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This is pronbably my sixth book or so....I had learned around 13 years ago that jesus spoke Northern or "Galilean Aramaic.But there nare also two oither dialects: Western, adn Eastren, They are very different in speaking and writing, but the Galilean Aramaic is the most beautifyul. I bought this book used becasue, even though they are used they are always in immaculate condition. And for me the best part in the personal comments that the prior owner writes. Which many times, actually teaches me. So it's a win-win situation. Very well explained book. Trust me I read all of the Aramic books. This one is Excellent!!!
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Akreios
5.0 out of 5 stars Saved my life!
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2012
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We use this at Charnock Institute of the Bible. As a personal note, it saved my life when I was taking Aramaic in Seminary. I was confused by the books I was using and ordered this just to take a look. It put is all together for me. Biblical Aramaic is not a complete language which is easy to reconstruct. So there are missing elements to be expected. But a student would learn what is needed and what is not.
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Jonathan Bailey
4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Little Grammar
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2002
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I have just started to take a serious look at the Aramaic language and have used this book as a starting point. I have not actually bought the book, but am working from a xerox copy of it that I made when I found it in the University of Heidelberg's library a few years ago. I have just now gotten to working through the grammar, and I am quite impressed. I will probably end up buying it on my next book binge, as the photocopy left a few parts difficult to read.
This grammar is set up in a traditional graduated learning format, with a particular grammatical concept and/or set of paradigms assigned to each chapter, with vocabulary lists and translation excercises at the end of the chapter. A glossary is found at the end of the book accompanied by a section of several tables of paradigms. The grammatical concepts assigned to each chapter are well defined, and the book is sufficiently indexed, allowing it to be a useful reference. Issues of Aramaic syntax are treated only superficially, but sufficiently to gain a passive understanding of the language of the Aramaic portions of Daniel and Ezra.
My only complaint is that the translation excercises are not accompanied by any explanatory notes. I have had to do some guessing as to why certain passages are translated the way they are. This book does assume knowledge of Biblical Hebrew, but stands more or less on its own. One could theoretically use it without knowledge of Hebrew, though such a person would have to somehow learn the Hebrew/Aramaic alphabet. He would also find discussions of syntax painfully brief and cryptic. This grammar is lightyears ahead of other Aramaic grammars, Namely Stevensons' Grammar of Palestinian Jewish Aramaic, which really seeks only to teach the particular idiosyncracies of the Palestinian Jewish dialects. It was totally incomprehensible to me, even as someone who already knew Hebrew. I can't understand how it got good reviews. Johns' book is a great first look at Aramaic.
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CJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Language Studies Resource
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2021
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Good resource for any language student or library.
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Kat
2.0 out of 5 stars Aramaic
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014
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You would need to know hebrew and the technical terms used to study it before using this reference. It's short for those who are Hebrew experts already.
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BookHimDan
3.0 out of 5 stars Only for linguistic experts!
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2013
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I didn't want to give one star, because the book represents a lot of thought and analysis. But I only recommend it to people who are linguists. At the very least, you have to really know concepts like "possessive pronouns", "participles", "passive conjugations", "hollow verbs", "germinate verbs", "doubly weak verbs", "pronominal suffixes", "independent personal pronouns" as well as the Hebrew conjugation forms like Piel, Paal, etc. These are all examples from the book. Since I know Hebrew, I was mainly getting stuck on these grammatical definitions, and in the end, other than the examples, I'm not sure I got much out of the rules in this book. I imagine that linguists, for whom all these terms have specific and obvious meaning, would find the book much more useful.
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Ernest E. Karjala
5.0 out of 5 stars Serious Aramaic
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2006
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The only book to get at this time if you are a serious student of Aramaic. It supports rigorous, authoritative grammatical and linguistic explorations of the subject.
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Ernesto
1.0 out of 5 stars The Worst!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2009
This is positively the worst grammar I have ever seen for any language. SO MUCH is left unexplained and I'm not talking about background info to the language which is, at any rate, laid out in the most cryptic and needlessly abbreviated format as possible, with few examples. His sample sentences require definitions of words that he has not provided and at least in one case I remember a grammatical concept which had not yet been explained. He leaves room for inference all over the place which really just leaves one to guessing about why something is the case or if something is the case (like the pathach under the first root consonant of the imperfect of 'bd on p. 41 - is the deviation with that form only, with the other plurals or only for that person and number? who knows?!!). Then there is the format. Not only does he not give examples for tons of stuff he should be on nearly every page he doesn't stick to a single format for the verb charts (minor sure but it just goes to show how little thought went into organizing this grammar). He goes off on these asides which are irrelevant to the lesson and just make for confusion (ex. talking about infinitive endings for the derived conjugations in ch. 6 before he gets to them - why? - this reads like someone rambling in class or conversation, not an organized grammar). There is other non-sense which will reveal itself if you use the accompanying answer key.

Do yourself a favor and get Greenspahn's "An Introduction to Aramaic." I just picked it up after previewing it online and its already helping a ton. While I have not used it enough to note any major or minor faults, after going through a couple of chapters I can confidently say it is infinitely better. Charts are given for everything (not just strong verbs as with John's) Everything is given plenary explanation and there is no rambling. It contains parsing, translation, Hebrew cognate and composition exercises and full answer key in the back.
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