A course of four lectures per week, with one tutorial, throughout the year.
External studies are not available.
SYLLABUS
(i )) Prose composition.
(ii ) Historical and exegetical texts, classical and modern poetry and prose.
(iii)) Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates and the history of Sufism with reference to
Qadirite Tariga.
Books
Prescribed texts:
Вауdãwl:
refsir on Sarah
Уйsиf; Ibn khaldfin:Mugaddimah;
Zubayr:Mu'allagát;
Taba Husayn: Al-Ayyam, Pre-Islamic Arabic Poetry: Мaiani'l- Adab,
vol. 4, pp. 265-305; ( Sufi Text ) Al Jilani Abd al-Qadir: AlFath
ы-Rabbani wa-fayd
al-Rahman'(Cairo,
1380, 1980. Pp. 22-42; 84-109).Recommended for reference:
Hitti, P. R.—A Нi tоry
of the Arabs. (6th
ed., Macmillan, 1958.)Muir,
W.—The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline and Fall. (Relig.
Tract Soc.,.
London, 1891.)Brockelmavn,
C.—History of the Islamic Peoples. ( R.K.P.,
1959.) Arnold, T.W.—The Caliphate.
(0.U.P., 1924.)Weir, T.
H.—Arabic Prose
Cainposilon. ( C.U.P. )Nicholson, R. A: A Literary Нistory of the Arabs. ( C.U.P., 1953.
Gibb, H. A.
K—Arabic Literature, an Introduction.
(C.U.P., 1928.Gruisebaum, G. E. von—Kritik
und Dfchtkunst. (tharassowitz,
Wiesbaden, 1955.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers and an oral test of 15 minutes.63-4. ARABIC PART IV
A course of two or more lectures per week, with one seminar throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(1) Advanced study of Arabic historiography.
or (2) Advanced study of special topics in modem Arabic literature with special reference to Sufism.
or (3) Advanced study of Arabic philosophical and scientific works.
or (4) Study of Arabic and Muslim linguistic, literary and cultural influence among non-Arabic speaking Muslim communities, with special reference to Persian and Urdu.
BOOKS
Prescribed texts:
1. al-Mubarrad: Al Kdmil; al-Mss
Fut
йh a1
Buldёп; Salih 'Ali: ůdI: Мuhãdarat fi Ta'rikh Ai'Arab.
Тanbih;
al-Tаbaň: Annals; al-
Вaldhuri:2. Taha Husayn:
'ala Нdmish as-Sira;
Маhmйd Taymur: аl-Atlãl; Tawfiq al-Hakim:Rimini Oita Li;
Amin al-Rayhiu isMulй k al- Arab;
Jurji Zaydan:Riwaya$
al-Maml
йk.
3. Ibn Tufayl:
Haut' Ibn Yagzãn;
Ibn Rushd:Fasl Al-Magill;
al-Ma ani: Luzumiy- wãt; al-Biruni:Rasй il;
Al Jilani Abd al Qadir:Al Fath al Rabbani Wa- fayd al-Rahmani
(Cairo, 1380, 1960. Pp. 112-138; 146-194).4. Iqbal, M.:
Reсoп struction of Religious Thought in Islam;
Yusuf Ja fari:Kalam I-Urdu;
Prem Chand:Gau-Dan;
Sarshar, R. N.:Fisana-e-azad;
mafiz:Diwan;
Rumi: Masnavi; Sa`аdi:Gulistan;
Omar Khyyam:Rubayyat.
Recommended for reference:
Platts, J. T.—A
Grammar of Hindustani or Urdu Language. (O.U.P.,
1941.) Lambton, A. K. S.—РеrsiaпGrammar.
(C.U.P., 1953.)Browne, E. G.—Literary History
of Persia,
2 vols. (T. F. Unwin, 1902-08.) Bailey, T. G. Historyof Urdu Literature. ( O.U.P.,
1932.)EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers and thesis.
66-1. ARAMAIC AND SYRIAC PART I
A course of three lectures per week together with one tutorial class throughout the year. External studies are not available.
SYLLABUS
(1) Study of the accidence and syntax of Syriac and Biblical Aramaic. Transla- tiоп from, and into, either Syriac or Aramaic.
(2) Study of the Aramaic portions of the Bible, or of prescribed portions of the Peshitta.
( 3 ) Literary and historical introduction to the books prescribed.
BOOKS
Prescribed texts:
Either:
1. Daniel, ii 4—vii 28; Ezra iv 8—vi 18, vii 12-20, and selections from the Genesis Apocryphon.
or:
2. Mark. (Peshitta and
Sinitic Palimpsest.)
Prescribed books:Either:
Robinson, T. H.-Paradigms
and Exercises in Syriac Grammar. ( O.U.P.,
latested.)
or:
Rosenthal, F.—A
Grammar of Biblical Aramaic. (Harassowitz,
1961.) Recommended for reference:Either:
Rowley, H. 1.—The
Aramaic of the Old Testament. (0.U.p.,
1929.) 184ØDLE EASTERN STUDIES
jastrow, М. —А Dictionary of the Targumim, The Talmud ВаЫ { and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. ( Pardes PubL House, N.Y., 1950.)
or:
Burkitt, F. C. Evangelion da Mepharreshe, 2 vols. ( C.U.P., 1904.)
Bendy, R. L., Rendel Harris J., Burkitt, F. -C.—The Four Gospels in Syruo transcribed from the Siтaitie Palimpsest. ( C.U.P., 1894.)
Jennings, W.—Lexicon to the Syriac New Testament Revised by GanttIlon.
( O.U.P., 1926.)
Hoskyns, E., and Davey, F. N.—The Riddle of the New Testament. (3rd ed., Faber, 1958.)
Nöldеke, T. H.—Compendious Syriac Grammar. (Williams & Norgate, London, 1904.)
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
66-2. ARAMAIC AND SYßIAC PART
II
SYLLABUS
A course of three lectures per week with one tutorial class throughout the year.
either (i) Study of the Aramic of the Persian period, together with selections from Talmud and Midrash. Translation and prose-work.
or (ii) Study of Syriac of the Patristic period, with reading of prescribed texts.
All three scripts to be read. Translation and prosework. Advanced grammar and unprepared translation.
( iii) Literary, historical and cultural background to the texts prescribed.
BOOkS
Prescribed texts:
either Dalman, G.—Aramiiische Dialektproben. ( Hinrichs, Leipzig, 1927.) Cowley, A. E.—Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century В.С. (O.U.P., 1923.) Driver, G. R.—Aramaic Documents of the Fifth Century. (0.U.P., 1923.) (Аbг.
ed., 1957.)
Kraeling, E. G.—The Brooklyn Museum Aramaic Papyri. (Yale U.P., 1953.) Avigad, N., and Yadin, Y.-A Genesis Apocryphon. (Magnes Press, Hebrew
Univ., Jerus., 1956. )
or Jansma, T.—A Selection from the Acts of Judas Thomas. (Brill, Leiden, 1952.) Bardaisan—Kthava d'Nemusa d'Athrawatha. ( Patrologia Syriaca. )
Eusebius—Historia Ecclesiae (Bk. I, xiii.) ed. by Wright and Maclean. ( C.U.P. ) Brockelmann, C.—Syrische Grammatik mit Paradigmen, Literatur, Chresto-
mathie und Glossar. ( Leipzig, 1960.) Recommended for reference ( see also part I):
Duval, R.—La Littérature syriaque, Bibliotheque de L'Enseignement de L'histoire ecclesiastique. Anciennes littératures chretiennes, vol. 11, ( Paris, Lecoffre, 1899.)
Baumstark, A.—Geschichte des Syтiacheп Literatur. ( Marcus and Weber, Bonn, 1922.)
van Hoonacker, A.—Une Communauté Judéo-Аrаméепе d Еléphantine.
(Schweich Lectures, 1914; O.U.P., 1915.)
Altaner,
B.—
Patrologie. (2te Aufl. ) ( Herder, Freiburg i.B., 1950.) Dictionaries:In addition to those mentioned under part I, the following should be consulted:
Smith, R. Payne—Thesaurus Syriaeus, 2 vols. (O.U.P., 1879-1901.)
Smith, J. P.—Supplement to Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith. (O.U.P., 1927.)
Dalman, G. Н.—Aтamäisch—Neuhebräisches Wörterbuch zu Targum, Talmud und Midrasch. (2te Aufl.) ( Kaufmann, Frankfurt a. M., 1922.)
Students are also referred to the other literature prescribed for Middle Eastern Studies parts I and II.
FAC LTY OF ARTS HANDBOOS
66-3. ARAMAIC AND SYRIAC PART III
A course of four lectures per week with one tutorial class throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) More advanced treatment of grammar and syntax, together with translation of unprescribed texts from both Aramaiс and Syriac.
eitheт(ii)Study of the. Targum to one selected Book from the Prophets or the Hagiographa, together with a comparative study of the Татgumim to the Pentateuch. Introduction to the study of Samaritan liturgical compositions.
or (iii) Study of Syriac Biblical commentators.
(iv) Advanced Study of Patristic Texts.
BOOKS
Prescribed texts ó
Targum to Psalms.
Psalms ii, viii, xxii, lØ, lxxxviii, Cxviii.either
Targum
Onkelos,
TargumPsettdo-fonathan, the Jerusalem
Targum,and the Samaritan
Targum. Portions chosen:Genesis
i,Exodus
xv,Deuteronomy Samaritan Aramaic Liturgical Compositions of Margah, and 'Amran Darah.
( Texts for the above from the department.)
Sperber,
A.—
Тh
вBible in
Aramaic. ( Brill, Leiden, 1959.)or
Theodore on the Nicene Creed,
Woodbrooke Studies, ed. Mingana, A., vol. 8.Baptism. (Carob., 1932.)
Wright,
W.—Joshua the
Stylite,Chronicle. (C.U.P.,
1880.) BarHebraeus—Tractate on Heresies:
PatrologieO
rientalis,
vol. XIII.Mitchell, C..
ed. Prose Refutations
ofMani,
lardonand
Вaгdaisan.
(Texts and Trans. Soc., 1912.)Gibson, M.
D.—The Commentaries of Ishó dad on the Gospel of John. ( Boots
1-x.) (Home Semiticae vii.) (C.U.P., 1911.)Burkitt, F. C.—Еирhemia and
the Goth.
(Williams & Norgate, 1913.) Aphraates—De Monachfs. ( Patrologia Syxiaca, Vol. 1. ed., Graffin R.) Recommended for reference:Kahle,
P.—The Cairo
Geniza.(New
ed., C.U.P., 1958.)Sahle,
P.—Masoreten des Westens,
Bd. II. (koblhammer, Stuttgart, 1930.) Macho, Diez—
Sefarad, Vol. xv, Journal. ( Madrid, 1955.)Lagarde,
P. de—Hagsographa Chaldaice.
(Teubner, Leipzig, 1873.) .Ginsburger,
M.—Das Fragnrenttarguni.
(Calvary, Berlin, 1899.) Ginsburger,M. Pseudыlonathan. ( Calvary,
Berlin, 1903.)Barrett, C.
S.—The Gospel According to St. John. An Introduction. (S.P.C.S.,
1955.)Dodd, C.
1.—The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel.
(C.U.P., 1953.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.66-4. ARAMAIC AND SYRIAC PART IV
.
A course of two or more lectures per week, with one seminar, throughout the year.
sYLLАws
Options will be provided in Syriac, Aramaic, and Mandaean and Samaritan Aramaic. The overall plan will
be
as follows:(i) Texts.
(a) Syriac: Study of Nestorian and Monophysite Liturgies and Нотilies.
(b) Aramaic: Advanced study of the Aramaic portions of Talmud BabU and Talmud Yетushаlmi, and other Jewish Aramaic literature.
(c) Мandaеare and Samaritan Aramaic: Study of Mandaean and Samaritan texts, including study of original MSS.
(ii) Comparative grammar and philology in the chosen option.
(iii) A special study on a topic selected from one of the foregoing fields.
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MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES Books
Prescribed texts:
Either (f):
Liber Graduum,
Patrologia Syriаca (ed. R. Graшn, Firmin-Didot, Paris, 1926.) Cols. 584-765.Dionysius Bar Salibi—Against
the
Armenians. (ed., A. Мingano, 1931.)Martyrium Beati
Simeonis BarSabbae Patrologia Syriaea.
Vol. II, Cols. 714-960.Severus of Antioch Homily XC. Pat. Or»
23 Fasc. 1A, pp. 120-165.Liturgical texts from the departmental collection viz:
The Liturgies of Adda{ and Mari, and Theodore of
Мopsиesti
а, eta.
or (il):
Selections from the
Zoher, Talmud Yerushalmi and Talmud Babil (Selected Tractater).
or (iii):
Drower, E.
5. Harаn Gawaita and
Мasbuta Dhibil Ziwa. ( BdU, Borne and Leiden, 1959.)Drower, E.
5.—The Canonical Prayеrbook of the Mandaeans.
(Bri 1, Leiden, 1959.)Mew Margah, from
MSS. in the
dzpantment Recommended for reference:Surtevant—An
Introduction to Linguistic Science. (Yale,
1947.)Other bibliography at this stage will be considered to be the responsłbility of students, as part of their initial training for research.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers. Thesis on special subject.
ETHIOPIC
А course of two lectures per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Translation from Ethiopic into English, accidence and syntax, outline of the Ьistory of South Arabic, reading of the Ethiopic Octateuch.
BOOKS
Prescribed texts. Selected from:
Diljjnann,
A.
—Octateuchw Aethiop{cut. (Leipzig.
) Chreatoinathia Aethiopica.Prescribed textbooks • As above together with:
Mercer, Ѕ.
A.
—Ethiopic
Crammar, Chrestomathy.Praetorius,
F.
—Grammat{ca Aethiopica. (Porta Linguarum Orlentallum.) Recommended for reference:Harden, J. 1.—An
Introduction
to
EthiopicChristian
Litвratиre. (S.P.C.L) Dictionaries:Dilímann, A.-Lexicon
Linguae
Aethiopicaв сит Indice Latino. (New York, Ungar.)EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper in addition to an oral test of 15 minutes.
65-1. MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES PART I A course of two lectures and two seminars per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Either
the syllabus for the pass course with a study of the basic documents and selections from Sumerian, Ugaritic and Hebrew texts. Tuition in textual studies in the original languages is offered.or Islam: a
study of Islamic faith and institutions with their Jewish, Christian, Persian 187FACULTY OF ARTS HANDВOOS
and North and South Arabian antecedents. Special study will be made of the fundamental religious and social structure of Islam. For this purpose students will read material in the original language.
BOOKS
Prescribed books:
As for the ordinary degree plus:
Cassuto, U.—The Goddess Anath. (Bialik Institute, Jerusalem, 1953.) Caster,
T.H.—Thespis. ( Doubleday, Anchor, 1961.)
Obermann, J.-Ugaritic Mythology. A Study of its Leading Motifs. (Yale U.P., 1948.)
Driver, G. R., and Miles, Sir J. C. (eds. )—The Babylonian Laws. ( 0.U.P., 1955-6.)
Driver, G. R., and Miles, Sir J. C. (eds.)—The Assyrian Laws. (O.U.P., 1935.) Lloyd, Seton—Early Anatolia. ( Pelican, 1956.)
Pope, M. H. El in the Ugaritic Texts. ( Brill, Leiden, 1955.) or: Prescribed text:
Williams, J. A. (ed. )—Islam. ( Washington Square Press, N.Y., 1963.) Prescribed books:
As in Option (b) of Pass course plus:
MacDonald, D. B.—The Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory. ( Scribner, N.Y., 1903.)
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
65-2. MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES PART II A
course of two lectures and two seminars per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
History of Muslim Philosophy, together with trends in Modem Islamic Thought.
BOOKS
Prescribed books:
As for the ordinary degree plus:
Selections from Al-Ghazйli (in Arabic).
Also available for Honours, Options as for the Ordinary Degree.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
65-3. MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES PART III A course of two lectures and two seminars per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
The continued study of Arabic civilization, comprising literature, arts, sciences, and the development of the Islamic peoples in North Africa, Western Asia, Pakistan and the Far East, and the Arab reawakening in the modern period.
BOOKS
Prescribed books:
As for the ordinary degree plus:
Atiyah, E. S.—The Arabs. ( Penguin, 195.) Little, T.—Egypt. ( Benn., 1958.)
Ziadeh, N. A.—Syria and Lebanon. (Bern., 1957.) Long
rigg, S. H., and Stockes, F.—Iraq. ( Benn., 1958.)
Smith, W. C. Pakistan as an Islamic State. ( Shaikh Muhammed Ashraf, Lahore, 1954.)
Wallbank, T. W.—A Short History of India and Pakistan. (New American Lib., N.Y., 1958.)
Ibn
Кhаldй n—Mugaddamah, 3 vols. (Routledge, 1958.)
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MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
Salin,
A.'Ali-Muhãdarãt fti Tarikh AI-'Arab.
Arnold, T. A., and Guillaume,
A.-The Legacy of Islam. ( O.U.P.,
1931.) Hitti, P.R. History of the Arabs. ( 6th
ed.. Macmillan, 1958.)Also available for Honours,
Options
as for the Ordinary Degree.A full list of reference books for the courses in Middle Eastern Studies will be available in the department of Middle Eastern Studies.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.