medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
No idea, though Dr. Gould's suggestion seems likely.
I thought I might chime in and suggest that Aramaic
questions be sent to the B-Hebrew list or the Hugogye
list, the latter which specializes in Syriac. I think
there is also an Aramaic list, but am not on it and so
can not vouch for it.
Larry Swain
UIC
--- Graham Gould <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> In a message dated 10/3/2003 21:07:50,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << A friend has a question which may be a bit
> outside of the usual scope of
> the
> list, but does anyone know how Damascus would be
> said/written in Aramaic?
> Any ideas where to look? I've tried google, etc.,
> with no luck. >>
>
> Da(r)msuq, I would imagine - the consonantal text is
> Dmsq, with the intrusive
> r in later forms and in Arabic; what variants there
> are in the vocalization I
> don't know. Help me out someone; I'm not a Semitist,
> though I can use a
> dictionary.
>
> Graham Gould
>
>
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