Basics of Ancient Ethiopic: A Complete Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon

by Archie T. Wright

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2022

Overview

Basics of Ancient Ethiopic by Archie Wright introduces students to the basic grammar of ancient Ethiopic (Ge’ez) while approaching the language through its wider cultural and literary context, and its historical legacy.

As part of the widely-used Zondervan Language Basics series of resources, Wright’s Ethiopic grammar is a student-friendly introduction. It helps students learn by:

• Minimizing technical jargon
• Providing only the information needed to learn the basics
• Breaking the grammar of language down into manageable and intuitive chunks
• Illustrating the grammar in question by its use in rich selections from ancient Christian and the Second Temple Jewish books of 1 Enoch and Jubilees

Providing grammar, readings, exercises, and a lexicon all in one convenient volume Basics of Ethiopic provides an ideal first step into this important language and focuses on getting the student into texts and translation as quickly as possible.

Key Features

• Approaches the language through its wider cultural and literary context
• Focuses on getting the student into texts and translation as quickly as possible
• Provides an ideal first step into this important language

Product Details

• Title: Basics of Ancient Ethiopic: A Complete Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon
• Author: Archie T. Wright
• Series: Zondervan Language Basics Series
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 330
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Ethiopic language x Grammar; Ethiopian languages
• ISBNs: 9780310539063, 0310539048, 9780310539049, 0310539064
• Resource ID: LLS:BSCSNCNTWRKLXCN
• Resource Type: Grammar
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-11-29T21:52:01Z

About Archie T. Wright

Archie T. Wright (Ph.D., Durham University) is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at the School of Divinity, Regent University and is the author of The Origin of Evil Spirits (2005).