Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish Folklore from Northern Iraq by Geoffrey Khan

Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish Folklore from Northern Iraq by Geoffrey Khan

This comparative anthology showcases the rich and mutually intertwined folklore of three ethno-religious communities from northern Iraq: Aramaic-speaking ('Syriac') Christians, Kurdish Muslims and-to a lesser extent-Aramaic-speaking Jews. The first volume contains several introductory chapters on language, folkore motifs and narrative style, followed by samples of glossed texts in each language variety. The second volume is the anthology proper, presenting folklore narratives in several distinct varieties of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic and Northern and Central Kurdish. The stories are accompanied by English translations. The material includes different genres such as folktales, legends, fables and anecdotes, and is organised into seven thematic units. The folkloristic material of these three communities is shared to a large extent. The anthology is, therefore, a testament to the intimate and long-standing relations between these three ethno-religious communities-relations that existed in a multilingual environment centuries before the modern era of nationalism.

Geoffrey Khan, Ph.D. (1984), School of Oriental and African Studies, is Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge. He has published numerous books and articles in the fields of Neo-Aramaic, the Hebrew language, Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic papyrology. He is the general editor of Brill's Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics.

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ISBN 13	9781800647671
ISBN 10	1800647670
Title	Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish Folklore from Northern Iraq
Author	Geoffrey Khan
Series	Cambridge Semitic Languages And Cultures
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Open Book Publishers
Year published	2022-06-20
Number of pages	374
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