The Two Syriac Versions of the Prayer of Manasseh / / Wido van Peursen, Ariel Gutman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Gutman, Ariel ,; Peursen, Wido van,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF TABLES --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --; LIST OF FIGURES --; LIST OF GLOSSES --; PREFACE --; CHAPTER 1. MANASSEH'S PRAYER AND ITS PLACE IN THE SYRIAC TRADITION --; CHAPTER 2. GRAMMATICAL COMPARISON --; CHAPTER 3. LEXICAL ANALYSIS --; CHAPTER 4. DISCOURSE ARRANGEMENT --; CHAPTER 5. VARIANT READINGS --; CHAPTER 6. CONCLUSIONS --; APPENDIX A. TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE TWO VERSIONS --; APPENDIX B. TRANSCRIPTION AND GLOSSING OF THE TWO VERSIONS --; INDEX OF VERSES --; INDEX OF AUTHORS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463216870; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463216870
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Wido van Peursen, Ariel Gutman.

The authors present a detailed philological and linguistic comparison of two versions of The Prayer of Manasseh. Combing state-of-the-art computational tools together with traditional philology, the texts are compared at all linguistic levels, from their vocabulary up to their discursive structure, with a special emphasis on their morphology and syntax. The results are revealing not only for the question of the relationship between the two versions, but they also illuminate various debates pertaining to Syriac syntax.