Journal of Semitic Studies Volume VIII, No. 1, Spring 1963, No. 2, Autumn 1963. Volume IX, No. 1, Spring 1964: Ethiopia Studies: Papers Read at the Second International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (Manchester University, July 1963), Under the Patronage of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Ethiopia, No. 2, Autumn 1964.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1963-4. Hardbound. Octavo, brown cloth with gold lettering, 144, ii, 145-312, xvi, 256, 265-408 pp. Very Good. Item #76954
Articles in Volume VIII, No. 1 are "Matrimonial Mishaps in Eshnunna," Reuven Yaron, "The Section on Codes and their Decipherment in Qalqashandi's 'Subh al-A'sha," C.E. Bosworth, "The Temple Quarter," L.R. Fisher, "The Role of the Bedouins as Arbiters in linguitsicm Questions and the mas'ala az-zunburiyya," Joshua Blau, "Word-substitution in Isaiah lxiii. 5 and lix. 16," Arie Rubinstein, "Palestinian koun in Rabbinic Illustration," H.B. Rosen, "Note on the Dating of Two Ethiopic Manuscripts," G.W. B. Huntingford, "The Dreors Bilingual," Cyrus H. Gordon.
Articles in Vol. VIII, No. 2 are "Javidhan Khiradh," J.A. Arberry, "Haggadah in the Onkelos Targum," Geza Vermes, "The Portrait of the 'Saddik' in the Nineteenth-century Hebrew Novel," D. Patterson, "The Poetic Forms of the Hodayot," Barbara Theiring, "The Affrication of 'Kaf' and 'Gaf' in the Arabic Dialects of the Arabian Peninsula," T.M. Johnstone, "The Literary History of Joshua ix," Jacob Liver, "The Longer Introduction to the Zij-i-Ilkhani of Nasir-ad-Din Tusi," J.A. Boyle.
Articles in Volume IX, No. 1 are "Aramaic, Syrian and Ge'ez," H.J. Polotsky, "Sur la question des 'influences juives' en Ethiopie," Maxime Rodinson, "Sur les Lexiques ethiopiens," Marcel Cohen, "Quantitative Research on the Phonetic Structure and Derivative Stems of the Amharic Verb," Joanna Mantel-Niecko, "Zum Problem des Verbalstämme des Amharischen," A. Klingenheben, "On the Amharic Tense-system," G. Goldenberg, "Über Beziehungen zwischen den neusüdarabischen und abessinischen Sprachen," W. Müller, "An Ethiopic Insription found at Mareb," Murad Kamil, "Linguistic Principles of the Ethiopian Argots," W. Leslau, "A New Edition of the Ethiopian Book of Jubilees," W. Baars and R. Zuurmond, "The 'Kalilah wa-Dimnah' and the Ethiopic 'Book of Barlaam and Josaphat' (British Museum MS. Or. 534,)" E. Cerulli, "Zum Text des Tabiba tabiban," A. Schall, "Der Kampf um den Kanon Heiliger Scriften in der Äthiopischen Kirche der Reformen des XV. Jahrhunderts," K. Wendt, "Das pseudo-apostolische Schrifttum in äthiopischer Überlieferung," E. Hammerswchmidt, "Recent Progress in Somali Studies," I.M. Lewis, "The Position of Galla in the Cushitic Group," B.W. Andrzejewski, "A Reconsideration of the Socio-political System of the Western Galla," H.S. Lewis, "Romanzo e novella: due esperimenti nella letteratura amarica attuale," L. Ricci, "Le roman dans la litterature ethiopienne de langue amharique," P. Comba, "The First Anglo-Ehtiopian Treaty," Ullendorff and Beckingham, "New Historical Elements in the 'Gedle Aftse,'" Sergew Hable-Sellassie, "On the History and Culture of Manz," D.N. Levine, "Il nuovo codice penale etiopico," L> Fusella, "The Ethiopian Slave Trade in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries," R. Pankhurst, "The Last Years of the Reign of the Emperor Menilek, 1906-13," H.G. Marcus, "The Influence of the Christian Ethiopian Empire on Southern Ethiopia,"E. Haberland, "Ethiopian Medieval Architecture - the present state of studies," D.R. Buxton, "Les etapes de la peinture ethiopienne revelees par les manuscrits illustre et les eglise peintes," Abbe J. leroy, "N otre connaissance du passe ethiopien d'Archeologiques recents," F. Anfrey, "Ethiopian Climates and Vegetation: the state of our present knowledge," J.S. Dugdale, "Materiaux pour l'etude de l'ancien amharique," S. Strelcyn.
Articles in Volume IX, No. 2 are "Medieval Jewish Exegesis: Its Character and Significance," E.I.J. Rosenthal, "Paranomasia in the Old Testament," A. Guillaume, "An Astronomical Cryptic Document from Qumran," J.M. Allegro, "The Constitution of the Jewish Republic of 66-70," Cecil Roth, "Notes on An Account of the Shura Appointed by 'Umar B. Al-Khattab," M.J. Kister, "Traditions from Individuals," James Robson, "Some New Manuscripts of Al-Khwarizmi's 'Mafatih Al-Ulam,'" C.E. Bosworth.
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