Basics of Biblical Aramaic: Complete Grammar, Lexicon, and Annotated Text, 2nd ed.

by Miles Van Pelt

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2023

Overview

Most of the Bible’s verses that occur in Aramaic are in Ezra and Nehemiah, a linguistic occurrence that developed as a result of Israel’s exile in Babylon. Totaling 269 verses, Aramaic is key language students of the Old Testament will need to master.

Basics of Biblical Aramaic, Second Edition by Miles V. Van Pelt is designed for students who are already familiar with biblical Hebrew and now want to obtain a working knowledge of biblical Aramaic in a single semester. Thus, the grammar is designed for scholars or comparative linguistic analysis, but for all students who wish to faithfully study, teach, and preach the Old Testament.

Modeled on Miles Van Pelt’s bestselling Basics of Biblical Hebrew, Basics of Biblical Aramaic, Second Edition includes:

• Thorough explanation of Aramaic’s grammatical conventions
• Chapter exercises
• A complete lexicon of Aramaic words found in the Bible
• An annotated text of all 269 Bible verses originally written in Aramaic

In the second edition the grammar features:

• A complete update to secondary sources
• Expanded and revised annotations of the biblical texts in Aramaic

Key Features

• Designed for students who are already familiar with biblical Hebrew and now want to obtain a working knowledge of biblical Aramaic
• Features a complete lexicon of Aramaic words found in the Bible
• Provides a complete update to secondary sources

Product Details

• Title: Basics of Biblical Aramaic: Complete Grammar, Lexicon, and Annotated Text (Second Edition)
• Author: Miles Van Pelt
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: Zondervan Language Basics Series
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 236
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. › Language, style; Aramaic language › Grammar
• ISBNs: 9780310493990, 9780310141136, 0310141125, 0310141133, 9780310141129, 0310141222, 9780310141228, 0310493994
• Resource ID: LLS:BSCSBBLCLRM2NDD
• Resource Type: Grammar
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-12-04T19:33:21Z

About Miles Van Pelt

Dr. Miles Van Pelt is Alan Belcher Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages and academic dean for the Jackson campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. He has taught at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts and at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.

He has a deep commitment to and passion for teaching students the Bible in its original languages. To that end, Miles is the coauthor of Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar, Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Workbook, The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew, Graded Reader of Biblical Hebrew, and Charts of Biblical Hebrew.

Van Pelt has also contributed to The New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis and to the Eerdman’s Bible Dictionary and served as the Old Testament editor for Zondervan’s expository dictionary of biblical words, Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words. At the RTS campus in Jackson, he teaches Hebrew, historical books, prophetic literature, Old Testament biblical theology, and even Greek. He and his wife, Laurie, have four children.