Any Syriacanons here? Can I get a QRD? Who are the best authors? Their best works? Is a lot still untranslated? Which script and dialect should I learn? What's the best textbook?I find the script very beautiful and the fact that it's the language of one of the oldest Christian communities makes this language very appealing. Considering learning it.
>>23629431I have not really studied Syriac, but I know Aramaic, which Syriac is a dialect of. Learn whatever script your textbook uses. Robinson and Coakley is pretty popular. There are several significant Syriac authors. If you have enough motivation to teach yourself a language or to find a class and work hard, you should have enough motivation to look on Wikipedia. Do your own research.
>>23629571Yes I read the Wikipedia and anything else I could find but most of the other stuff on Syriac online seems to be from wewuz Assyrian nationalists who claim Greek and Hebrew are descended from Syriac or scholarly stuff locked behind paywalls. It's not like Greek or Latin or Hebrew where a billion people study it. So I would just appreciate some help from more experienced anons if there are any. For instance what script most books are written in.
>>23629431The commentaries on Plato and Aristotle, Church lit, poetry etc. a lot of this stuff isn't translated sadly>>23629431>What's the best textbook?Wheeler Thackston's one
