Jonathan Loopstra

Jonathan Loopstra

University of Northwestern, St. Paul

Syriac Studies, Late Antiquity, Bible

jloopstra@ias.edu

Research Statement: The goal of this fellowship is to complete the first general introduction to a genre of instructional manuscripts known as the Syriac “Masora.” The purpose of these compilations was to help the reader pronounce and interpret words from across a spectrum of different sources: including works of patristics, grammar, exegesis, lexicography, and the Bible.

While at IAS:
TBD

Second Term