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PART ONE : ON SYRIAC SCIENCES AND LITERATURE Chapter 1- THE SYRIAC LANGUAGE Chapter 2- THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SYRIAC LITERATURE Chapter 3- THE CENTERS OF LEARNING Chapter 4- SYRIAN LIBRARIES Chapter 5- SYRIAC CALLIGRAPHY Chapter 6- MORPHOLOGY AND GRAMMAR Chapter 7- GENERAL RULES OF THE LANGUAGE AND DICTIONARIES; RHETORIC AND POETRY Chapter 8- THEMES OF SYRIAC POETRY Chapter 9- CATEGORIES OF SYRIAN POETS Chapter 10- VERSIONS OF THE HOLY BIBLE Chapter 11- THE DIATESSARON Chapter 12- SYRIAC...
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