Syriac 2

CH 3P1072/Th 3P1102/ OT 3P1112/NT 3P1152

Winter 2025
Mon 4:00pm - 5:50pm

Syriac is a dialect of Aramaic. It is an important language and has been the language of religion, literature, history, and communication. It was and still is used in many churches as a liturgical and communication language. This course is the second. It focuses on reading Scripture and the Syriac fathers’ texts, translating, analyzing, and reviewing grammar. At the end of the course, students will be skilled in reading, translating, and analyzing Syriac texts.

Knowing

  • To know Syriac Christianity and its significance in developing Christian theology and spirituality in the early church. Also, one can find many essential writers and appreciate Syriac authors from the early church.

Being

  • Explore the language to study the Old and New Testaments in the Peshitta and the texts written by the Syriac authors. The course will also help students enlarge their understanding to witness the Lord’s Word in serving society, glorifying the Lord, and comprehending the correct meaning of Scripture.

Doing

  • To develop each student’s ability to read, translate, and understand the texts written in Syriac and to make students capable of translating and analyzing texts written only in Syriac languages by Syriac authors, e.g., Aphrahat, Ephrem, Jacob of Serug, and others