Description:
A translation and revision of Josef Tropper's Altäthiopisch: Grammatik des Geʿez mit Übungstexten und Glossar, providing a comprehensive grammar of Classical Ethiopic, the historical language of Ethiopian Christianity. Uses both the Ethiopian script and transliterations to aid the reader's understanding of the language.
Brief description: Josef Tropper is Professor in the Faculty of Theology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is the author of Altäthiopisch: Grammatik des Geʽez mit Übungstexten und Glossar and Ugaritische Grammatik: Zweite, stark überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage.
Review Quotes:
"For almost two decades, Josef Tropper's Altäthiopisch has been the standard grammar for Gəˁəz. This English translation by Rebecca Hasselbach-Andee is even more useful thanks to the addition of the Ethiopic script throughout. For students and scholars alike, Classical Ethiopic is the best grammar of Gəˁəz available in any language."
--Aaron M. Butts, author of Language Change in the Wake of Empire: Syriac in Its Greco-Roman Context