Syriac
1
9.5
- adjective
- /ˈsɪrɪæk/
:
siríaco
- The work of Ephrem (306-373) shows how the Syriac exegetical tradition in antiquity offered rich examples of theological attitudes toward the scriptural text.
- a Syriac exegetical tradition
Examples
-
In many cases, significant comparisons can be made with the Syriac hymns of Ephrem (303-373) and Jacob of Serugh (451-521).
Academic text (2007) -
Some feminists are drawn to the Syriac feminine Spirit, in which there are rich unmined theological possibilities.
Academic text (2005) -
A Look at the Syriac Exegetical Tradition
Academic text (2006) -
Noteworthy for this study is the sensitivity this Syriac interpreter has for the Scriptural text and its polyvalence.
Academic text (2006) -
In his narrative, he speaks in the first-person plural, identifying himself with his Syriac Orthodox community as a collectivity.
Academic text (2018) -
Exploring this, we turn now to the experience of Abuna Shimun, a Syriac Orthodox priest who belongs to a small and tightly-knit community of Syriac Christians in Jerusalem.
Academic text (2018) -
Premodern interpreters, from both Qumran and the Syriac exegetical tradition, understood the scriptural text to be open to a revelatory discourse.
Academic text (2006) -
The Qumran and Syriac exegetical traditions provide premodern examples of how interpretive communities of faith can read the Scriptures in a way that is both attentive to their literary form and richly theological.
Academic text (2006) -
The Syriac literature contains many important texts from early Christian history.
-
She attended a lecture on the history of the Syriac language and its influence on modern dialects.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Syriac comes from the Greek word Syriakos, which means 'of Syria', and one common idea is that Syria itself came from Assyria, an old empire. So Syriac as an adjective names things (language, literature, culture) that come 'from Syria', which is why we use it for the language and communities linked to that region.