"Aramaic Origins and Dialects: a Model for Proto-Afroasiatic&quot

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I don't know if anyone is interested, but this just came through the listserv at LinguistList yesterday. A free and public talk on Aramaic and its role in Proto-Afroasiatic.

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On Monday, 16 February 2009, William Fulco will deliver a lecture on the evolution of Aramaic dialects as a model for understanding linguistic evolution in the greater Afroasiatic language phylum. The lecture will take place between 1:40 and 3:00 PM in the Alexander Library Scholarly Communication Center at 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ.

 

William J. Fulco, S.J., PhD, is the National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. In addition to a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from Yale University, he holds graduate degrees in Classics, Philosophy and Theology. His interests encompass ancient languages, archaeology and Biblical studies, all of which he teaches at LMU. He has published widely in reconstructive Afroasiatic linguistics and the study of the Hebrew scriptures.

 

He is well known for his work in reconstructing Aramaic for the script of the 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ" directed by Mel Gibson, and is currently working on a script in Punic for the upcoming film "Hannibal the Conqueror", directed by Vin Diesel.

 

The lecture is free and open to the public. It is being sponsored by the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL), The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), the Office of the Vice President for Undergraduate Education, the Department of Jewish Studies, and the Department of Comparative Literature. For further information, please contact Charles H

[Gladius Hispaniensis]

That sounds interesting. Thanks for the posing Doc. Hopefully someone catches the lecture on YouTube.