For the convenience of the reader, i provide here a comprehensive bibliography of the existing major grammars and lexiconsglossaries of phoenicianpunic. Original gray wrappers with black lettering on cover and spine. In the years of study in the phoenicianpunic corpus of textual material prior to this studys publication, no comprehensive catalog of the personal names has ever been prepared. It is a part of the canaanite subgroup of the northwest semitic languages. It contains examples from texts and dialects, including fragments of a punic drama, to bring to life the grammatical description of this language. Examples almost invariablyinclude transliteration,english translation,and morphological or.
The punic language, also called canaanite or phoenicio punic, is an extinct variety of the phoenician language, a canaanite language of the semitic family. Pdf phoenicianpunic grammar and lexicography in the new. Other members of the family are hebrew, ammonite, moabite, and edomite. Contents acknowledgments xi foreword xm grammars xiv. Phoenicianpunic grammar and lexicography in the new millennium. By 2600 bc there was an egyptian temple in the city of byblos and byblos figures in the myth of isis who comes to byblos looking for the body of osiris, who was cast into the sea by seth. Each entry includes citations of examples in transliterated phoenician, punic, or neopunic with english translation. Linguists, semitists, historians, and biblical scholars will welcome two new research aids by charles r. Grammar worksheets esl, printable exercises pdf, handouts, free resources to print and use in your classroom.
Like the grammar, the vocabulary is very close to biblical hebrew, but some. The large neopunic inscription kai 159 from henchir medeine al thiburus translated and interpreted philip c. A variant of phoenician, punic, was spoken in carthage tunisia, until the 7th century bc. The punic alphabet developed from the phoenician alphabet and was used for monumental inscriptions, while the cursive neo punic alphabet was used elsewhere. The punic language, also called canaanite or phoeniciopunic, is an extinct variety of the phoenician language, a canaanite language of the semitic family. Some scholars claim that a punic translation of the bible never existed. English practice downloadable pdf grammar and vocabulary worksheets. Click here to learn more about the features or scroll down to download the program.
A phoenician punic grammar society of biblical literature. Old akkadian writing and grammar oriental institute. Purchase through these links helps to keep this educational website online and free. A comparative semitic lexicon of phoenician and punic and an online dictionary a comparitive semitic lexicon of the phoenician and punic languages by dr. Phoenician and punic studies research papers academia. The description of the literary language holds that tense. It was spoken in northwest africa and several mediterranean islands by the punic people throughout classical antiquity, from the 8th century bc to the 6th century ad. A phoenician punic grammar handbook of oriental studies 9781628370317.
Brill, 2001, represent the product of many years of fruitful research. A specialist in northwest semitic languages and epigraphy, the author has produced brief, accessible, and innovative analyses of the phoenician language and its vocabulary. A short vocabulary of phoenician ancient road publications. Phoenician language pdf being no solid proof of the phoenician language only utilising 22 phonemes, this argument. Traces of punic influence are identifiable in modern berber languages vycichl 1952. Near and middle east english and romanized phoenician and punic. A comparative semitic lexicon of phoenician and punic and an. Download our free dictionary for windows or android and browse both the phoenicianenglish and the englishphoenician lists. Thus, under writing, only the typical examples matum, ma na ma. The sources are quoted in the measure of their relevance.
A phoenicianpunic grammar handbook of oriental studies 9781628370317. Richard tomback ever since the beginning of the twentieth century, to the student of semitic languages, the discovery of each additional inscription resulted in additional lexical material to. This grammar of phoenicianpunic, as all scholarly works, has a long and noble ancestry in the rich scholarship of the past and present. Krahmalkov a classical descriptive grammar of the phoenicianpunic language carefully selected examples from texts and dialects of the whole phoenicianpunic period bring to life the grammatical description of this language. Phoenician is a semitic language of the canaanite subgroup. Punic colonisation spread phoenician to the western mediterranean, where the distinct. The phoenician punic dictionary is the most comprehensive word thesaurus of the phoenician language yet collected and published, and a unique informational sourcebook for the phoenician literature. Look up a word, add or modify an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. The phoenicianpunic dictionary is the most comprehensive word thesaurus of the phoenician language yet collected and published, and a unique informational sourcebook for the phoenician literature. Contents acknowledgments xi foreword xm grammars xiv dictionaries, lexicons and glossaries xv reference sources xvi abbreviations xvi chapter one.
Much of the resources on the canaanite culture and language is scattered on the web and in libraries. Berber forms of phoenicianpunic origin with the epigraphic. Phoenician language and its punic dialect to the western the phoenicians were the rst statelevel society to make mediterranean for a time, but there too it died out, alextensive use of the alphabet. Personal names in the phoenician and punic inscriptions. The main sources of the phoenicianpunic berber comparisons are two articles by werner vycichl 1951. Phoenician was a language originally spoken in the coastal mediterranean region then called canaan in phoenician, arabic, greek, and aramaic, phoenicia in greek and latin, and pt in ancient egyptian. All links are deemed relevant and are not placed merely for profit. Download our free dictionary for windows or android and browse both the phoenician english and the english phoenician lists. The ancient languages of syriapalestine and arabia pdf. Personal names ancient phoenician and punic part i ancient. Stanislav segert, a grammar of phoenician and punic p. Phoenician was a language originally spoken in the coastal mediterranean region, then. The present study of old akkadian writing and grammar is based on sources fully listed and discussed in the glossary of old akkadian published in 1957 as mad iii.
Schmitz the present study concerns one of the neopunic inscriptions of which gustavus wilmannsl took squeezes at hr. The impressive personal name studies of other semitic tongues beg for a companion in the phoenicianpunic area. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. A short vocabulary of phoenician pdf ancient road publications.
Tomback, a comparative semitic lexicon of the phoenician and punic languages. A comparative semitic lexicon of phoenician and punic and. This volume includes the phonology, orthography, morphology, syntax, language and usage of the phoenician punic language. Phoenicianpunic grammar and lexicography in the new. The present grammar includes an account of the and nature of the phoenician alphabet preface. Grammar worksheets printable exercises pdf handouts for esl. In the 3 rd millennium bc, traders from the egyptian delta came to the established phoenician city of byblos for supplies of timber, metals and valuable goods. History of the ancient phoenicians printable outline. The citations generally include full sentences and occasionally a longer passage to establish context. The phoenician alphabet though it seems to have survived slightly longer than in is the oldest veried consonantal alphabet, or abjad. Bc arameans lived originally in north syria and mesopotamia. The dictionary thus provides a running gloss on most of the corpus of published phoenicianpunic. Phoenician language grammar syntactic relationships.
It was spoken in northwest africa and several mediterranean islands by the punic people throughout classical antiquity. The basis of the present grammar is the language of the phoenician alphabetic inscriptions. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Punic was a semitic language descended from phoenican and spoken until about the 4th century ad in carthage in what is now tunisia, and other parts of north africa and around the mediterreaen. Phoenician was a language originally spoken in the coastal mediterranean region, then called put in phoenician and egyptian, canaan in biblical hebrew, old arabic, and aramaic, and phoenicia in greek and latin. The punic alphabet developed from the phoenician alphabet and was used for monumental inscriptions, while the cursive neopunic alphabet was used elsewhere. Krahmalkov a classical descriptive grammar of the phoenician punic language carefully selected examples from texts and dialects of the whole phoenician punic period bring to life the grammatical description of this language.