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- Title
Milton's Syriac.
- Authors
Campbell, Gordon; Brock, Sebastian
- Abstract
John Milton could read three ancient Oriental languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac. His studies of the Hebrew and Aramaic of the Old Testament and of the 'Targumim' have been explored by scholars, but his interest in Syriac has never been the subject of scholarly investigation. Syriac is an eastern district dialect of Aramaic, and until it was superseded by Arabic, was the literary language of Christian writers east of the Euphrates; its main centers were at Edessa and Nisibus. It is not known when Milton learned Syriac, but it is likely that he was taught the language as a child, by either Thomas Young or the elder Alexander Gil, both of whom were competent orientalists.
- Subjects
SYRIAC language; NORTHWEST Semitic languages; MILTON, John, 1608-1674; LANGUAGE &; languages; LITERATURE; AUTHORSHIP
- Publication
Milton Quarterly, 1993, Vol 27, Issue 2, p74
- ISSN
0026-4326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1094-348X.1993.tb00815.x