Ancient Semitic VII: Aramaic

In the seventh video of my new series I am talking about Aramaic. There are some detailed explanations on how to read and pronounce Targumic Aramaic and Syriac, but text samples also include Old Aramaic, Official Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, Hatran, Christian Palestinian Aramaic and Mandaic.


Contents:

00:01:56 Varieties of Aramaic
00:14:22 Features of Aramaic
00:27:40 How to Read Old Aramaic (Concise)
00:39:31 Sample Text in Old Aramaic
00:46:45 Aramaic Scripts in Comparison
00:50:06 Sample Text in Official Aramaic
00:58:16 How to Read the Aramaic of Targum Onkelos (Detailed)
01:21:02 Sample Text in "Targumic Aramaic"
01:28:34 Sample Text in Nabataean
01:37:40 Sample Text in Palmyrene
01:42:46 Sample Text in Hatran
01:48:50 How to Read Syriac (Detailed)
02:16:16 Sample Text in Syriac
02:21:41 Sample Text in Christian Palestinian Aramaic
02:27:26 Sample Text in Mandaic


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