Semitic Studies in Honour of Edward Ullendorff (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 47) (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics)

This is a Festschrift volume for the British Semitist Edward Ullendorff. It contains papers written by leading scholars in the fields of Semitic philology and Near Eastern history and literature. The contributions are wide-ranging, including linguistic studies of Ethiopian Semitic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic and Greek, also papers on ancient Near Eastern, biblical, Islamic and Ethiopian history and papers on Amharic and Modern Hebrew literature. Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents INTRODUCTION UPDATE TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF EDWARD ULLENDORFF Semitic Triradicalism and the Biradical Question Reflexes of * Qatl Forms in Gəʿəz The Decay of Qattala/Qātala in Gəʿəz Definite Markers in Modern Ethiopian Semitic Languages Is Neo-Aramaic a Semitic Language? Some Parallels in Linguistic Development between Biblical Hebrew and Neo-Aramaic The Dativus Ethicus in Medieval Judaeo-Arabic Form X of the Verb in the Arabic Dialects of Eastern Arabia A Christian Tradition of Hebrew Vocalisation in Medieval England The Script of Taiman Venezia e Livorno nella Toponomastica Araba The etymology of ανθρωπος—a suggestion Eheu, Fugaces More than Marginal Ugarit in its Eastern Mediterranean Setting A Questionable Theory of Egyptian Influence on a Genre of Hebrew Literature Isaiah, Micah and Qumran Psalm 135(136):25 in a Jewish Greek Inscription from Nicaea Dinah in a Syriac Poem on Joseph Two Notes on the Ethiopic Text of Ezekiel Die äthiopischen Handschriften der Sammlung Bongarsiana Codices An Archaic Amharic Poem on Condemning Wealth and Glory Innovation and Misoneism during the Reign of Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia (1872-1889) Towards a Biography of Niẓām al-Mulk: Three Sources from Ibn al-ʿAdīm Jean Juster and the Study of Jews under Roman Rule Dante and Modern Hebrew Literature Humour In The Novels Of Peretz Smolenskin INDEXES STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS This is a Festschrift volume for the British Semitist Edward Ullendorff. It contains papers written by leading scholars in the fields of Semitic philology and Near Eastern history and literature. The papers include linguistic, literary and historical studies of Ethiopian Semitic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic and Greek sources.