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Elementary Syriac
HDS 4102A

Jointly Offered with: Faculty of Arts & Sciences as SYRIAC AA

Course Information

Description

Syriac is the Aramaic dialect that became the principal language of Near Eastern Christians in antiquity. It was widely spoken and written in Mesopotamia, Persia, and beyond, and a vast corpus of Syriac Christian literature survives. This full-year course offers a thorough introduction to Classical Syriac. Readings will include passages from the New Testament and early Christian literature. The course will also introduce important themes and figures from the Syriac tradition. 

This is a divisible year-long course. Students can complete either or both terms of this course (parts A and B). Students with appropriate background may join the second half without taking the first half. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Art and Sciences as Syriac AA.

School Harvard Divinity School
Credits 4
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Course Component Seminar
Instruction Mode In Person
Grading Basis HDS Student Option (LG/SUS)
MTS/ThM Area of Focus N/A
Arts of Ministry N/A
MDiv Histories, Theologies, and Practices N/A
Language Course Type Basic Language Course
Language Taught Syriac
MDiv Scriptural Interpretation N/A
Course Level N/A