Syriac Grammar with Bibliography, Chrestomathy, and Glossary

Item

Title
Syriac Grammar with Bibliography, Chrestomathy, and Glossary
Creator
Eberhard Nestle
Date
1889 AD
Description
"Syriac, i. e. the language of the Christian Arameans, who had their headquarters in Edessa in a northern Mesopotamia, is, in the first place, historically important, since it was through the medium of Syriac literature that Christian and philosophic learning passed to the Arabs and Persians, and even to India and China"

Syriac is said to be the language of the Aramean Christians, i.e., Syriacs.
Language
English
Publisher
Syriac Grammar with Bibliography, Chrestomathy, and Glossary by Eberhard Nestle, p. 1
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