SEMITIC PHILOLOGY
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher:
MARCO MORIGGI
Expected Learning Outcomes
In application of the Dublin descriptors, the course provides:
1) Knowledge
of the most relevant contents and methodologies of Semitic epigraphy; 2) groundings
of Aramaic epigraphy from Syria and Mesopotamia (Late Antiquity, 1st-3rd cent.
AD); 3) development
of reading skills
of epigraphic texts in Aramaic language in both synchronic and diachronic
perspectives; 4) communicative skills enabling the student to spread knowledge
and expertise in both specialist and non-specialist contexts; 5) development of
learning capacities leading to a totally autonomous and self-directed study (Dublin
Descriptors 2nd cycle qualification).Course Structure
Class lectures
Lessons will be taught in EnglishAttendance of Lessons
Attendance is not compulsory.
Detailed Course Content
Reading Middle-Aramaic inscriptions: transliteration, translation and
commentary of an anthology of texts (1st-3rd cent. AD). Further discussion will
take place about their function in the archaeological context.
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