Professor: Philippe Luisier, SJ luisier@pontificio-orientale.it
Schedule: This shared course takes place at the Biblicum (PIB). Mon. V-VI, 1st-2nd sem., 4 cr.
Introduction to the morphology and syntax of Saidic Coptic, the basic language of Upper Egypt, based on the manual of A. Shisha-Halevy. The grammatical reading of a selection of the Gospels constitutes the second part of the course.
To supply the basics of a complex linguistic system, Egyptian, in its last phase.
H. Jensen, Altarmenische Grammatik, Heidelberg 1959;
M. Minassian, Grammaire descriptive de l’arménien classique, Genève 1996;
G. Aweti‘ean & X. Siwrmēlean & M. Awgerean, Nor baṙgirk‘ haykazean lezui, 2 vol., Venezia 1836-37 (rist. Erevan 1979-81).