A new christian palestinian aramaic inscription in a mosaic pavement at Hura, Israel

Daniel Vainstub, Michael Sokoloff, Daniel Varga

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Abstract

Near the Bedouin township of Hura in the northern Negev, in a monastery dated to the 6th-7th centuries was recently discovered a bilingual Greek-Christian Palestinian Aramaic inscription. The purpose of this article is to publish the CPA part of it. As can be clearly seen, the CPA text was executed by two different hands, each of them composing three words. The first writer has a rough and simple calligraphic style, and committed calligraphic errors. The second writer, obviously a more literary one, shows a well-trained hand. The text reads: (Greek passage). This is the CPA translation of Ps 117: 20 [MT 118: 20]: "This is the gate of the Lord. The righteous will enter within it." The verse is one of the most prevalent among biblical citations in Greek inscriptions from the Late Roman - Byzantine period in the Syria-Palestinian area.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-284
Number of pages6
JournalMuseon
Volume129
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • History
  • Religious studies
  • Linguistics and Language
  • Literature and Literary Theory

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