11-23-2013, 11:49 AM
Shalama lakhon
In the Talmud, church fathers etc when the term is well used, "syriac" (leshan sosrsi) refers to western Aramaic (palestiana, west syria). Stricto sensu, judean Aramaic, galilean Aramaic are "syriac". But the syriac of the peshitta is "eastern" Aramaic with eastern features.
And the dialect of the Peshitta is classical syriac wich doesn't appears before the middle of the 3rd century A.D. Especialy the 3rd masc sing preformativ n- wich seemed to appear under akkadien influence; the old syriac had the y- like all the other dialects.
In the Talmud, church fathers etc when the term is well used, "syriac" (leshan sosrsi) refers to western Aramaic (palestiana, west syria). Stricto sensu, judean Aramaic, galilean Aramaic are "syriac". But the syriac of the peshitta is "eastern" Aramaic with eastern features.
And the dialect of the Peshitta is classical syriac wich doesn't appears before the middle of the 3rd century A.D. Especialy the 3rd masc sing preformativ n- wich seemed to appear under akkadien influence; the old syriac had the y- like all the other dialects.