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- Title
THE DEIR AL-ZA'FARAN AND MARDIN GARSHUNI ARCHIVES.
- Authors
DINNO, KHALID
- Abstract
Garshuni was the writing format of choice for the majority of the Syrian Orthodox Communities in the Ottoman Empire, particularly those in Anatolia. Using a Syriac script to express an Arabic text (Arabic Garshuni) served more that one purpose. It exhibited reverence to the very language that was spoken by Jesus and His Disciples, which was a marker of these communities' identity. It also offered a measure of privacy in communication against outside intrusion. With nearly half of the archival material found in Deir al Za'faran and in Mardin being in Garshuni Arabic, these archives offer a unique opportunity to explore the format and use of this mode of writing among these communities. This paper aims to provide a window on the potential for further such studies.
- Subjects
TURKEY; MARDIN (Turkey); GARSHUNI; LETTERS -- Social aspects; CHURCH archives; SYRIAC language; ARABIC language -- Terms &; phrases; LANGUAGE &; languages; PATRIARCHS &; patriarchate; HISTORY
- Publication
Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, 2014, Vol 17, Issue 2, p195
- ISSN
1937-318X
- Publication type
Article