{"id":6930,"date":"2012-03-20T09:23:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T13:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=6930"},"modified":"2012-03-20T09:23:03","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T13:23:03","slug":"matthew-morgenstern-reviews-charles-haberls-the-neo-mandaic-dialect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/03\/matthew-morgenstern-reviews-charles-haberls-the-neo-mandaic-dialect.html","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Morgenstern reviews Charles H\u00e4berl’s The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here\u2019s the conclusion from a review of the book The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr<\/em> by my co-worker on the Mandaean Book of John translation project, Charles H\u00e4berl<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In summary, we have before us an outstanding contribution to the study of one of the rarest Semitic languages spoken today. H\u00e4berl is to be thanked for having brought all the tools of modern field linguistics and his wide understanding of general linguistics to clarify many of the basic issues in the phonology, morphology and syntax of this precious survival of Southern Babylonian Aramaic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The review is by Matthew Morgenstern and it just appeared in the Journal of Semitic Studies<\/em>. Click through to read the rest!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s the conclusion from a review of the book The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr by my co-worker on the Mandaean Book of John translation project, Charles H\u00e4berl: In summary, we have before us an outstanding contribution to the study of one of the rarest Semitic languages spoken today. 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