This translation of Noldeke's 'Kurzgefasste syrische Grammatik,' a lucid description of Syriac orthography and phonology (I), morphology (II), and syntax (III), is undeniably one of the major achievements of Syriac studies in the nineteenth century. Since then, the book has admirably served generations of students.

This quality Eisenbrauns reprint (now in its third printing) of Crichton's 1904 translation of N ldeke's Kurzgefasste Syrische Grammatik incorporates for the first time Anton Schall's transcription of the great Semitist's original handwritten supplementary material (translated by Peter T. Daniels). N ldeke outlines in great detail the orthography, phonology, morphology, and syntax of Syriac in this reference grammar.

An affordable facsimile reprint of the 1904 classic. Being a book over a century old, Noldeke's exhaustive study is easy to use and accurate, and has never been supplanted. Delve deeply into the beautiful Syriac Aramaic language in which the original New Testament was written. After you learn basics such as alphabet and pronunciation, what you'll need to go further and attain fluency in the Aramaic is this book, a good lexicon like Jennings' or Williams', a copy of the Aramaic Scriptures, and your zeal for understanding said Scriptures in their purity. Digital version of this text: http: //jesusspokearamaic.com/Libraries/Noldeke-Syriac-Grammar/Noldeke-Compendious-Syriac-Grammar.pdf Cover photo by JHistory (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons