Courting the Mystery: Patristics and Christian Spirituality: An Introductory Textbook to Syriac

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An Introductory Textbook to Syriac

Saturday, January 03, 2009.

3 Comments:

At February 14, 2009, Roger Pearse said...: I was taught from Coakley's revision of Robinson, which uses Serto. The introductory bit of this is no good, especially the stuff on the script (done much better in Healey); but thereafter the lessons are better than anyone else's.

Thackston does some stuff very well, tho.
At February 15, 2009, Hypatia said...: Interesting....I'm just starting self-taught Syriac: not the easiest thing in the world. I'm using Coakley, but have a copy of Robinson's original book to hand as well. Where Coakley 'nods', Robinson tends to fill the gap.
At February 15, 2009, Kevin said...: Thank you both for sharing your experiences. I will definitely have to check out Coakley's and Robinson's books. Since posting on Thackston's book, I am beginning to think that it will have to be used in conjunction with at least one more book, as Thackston's text sometimes leaves things too unclear.

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For anyone interested in learning Syriac, Stephen Shoemaker from the University of Oregon has published an excellent review of Wheeler Thackston's Introduction to Syriac. Shoemaker clearly indicates the weaknesses of the text, but also explains why Thackston's text is the best of its kind. I'm going to be working with Thackston's text soon, so I'll try to blog my experiences with it too. Shoemaker's article is available in: Hugoye Journal of Syriac Studies.

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