Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

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The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the Aramaic used in the Bavli (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic), as recorded in reliable manuscripts. Other texts (Geonic literature, magical texts) will supplement our study of the text of the Bavli. The first weeks of the course will present an overview of the grammar of JBA, and the remainder of the semester will be inductive, i.e., we will study texts and see the language at work.