Das Leben des Heiligen Symeon Stylites: In Gemeinschaft mit Mitgliedern des kirchenhistorischen Seminars de Universität Jena

This volume compiles various ancient lives including that of Simeon Stylites. This is both a standard piece of source-criticism and a sourcebook for all modern students of Symeon.

This volume presents a description of the Neo-Aramaic dialect that was spoken by the Jews of Sanandaj in western Iran, but which is now virtually extinct. The material for the volume was gathered firsthand in fieldwork conducted with the last remaining speakers in Israel. The volume consists of a detailed grammatical description, a corpus of transcribed texts, including folktales, historical accounts and portrayals of customs, and an extensive glossary.