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An Introductory Textbook to Syriac

Saturday, January 03, 2009.

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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