Studies in Near Eastern culture and history : in memory of Ernest T. Abdel-Massih / edited by James A. Bellamy.

Includes bibliographical references.

Selections from Sībawayhi / James A. Bellamy -- Teaching Hebrew from the communications media : crosscultural considerations / Edna Amir Coffin -- The year 414/1023-4 in the commercial life of Zawīlah / Andrew S. Ehrenkreutz -- The flying scroll in Zerchariah 5:1-4 / David Noel Freedman -- Brief observations on the syntax of RS 1957.702 / Charles Krahmalkov -- A Palestinian journalist looks back / Trevor LeGassick -- Rules for forming noun plurals in modern standard Arabic / Mary M. Levy -- Islamic rhetoric and the Persian historians 1110-1300 A.D. / K. Allin Luther -- A case of semantic reconstruction : the Egyptian Arabic verbal prefix bi- / Ernest N. McCarus -- Toward a method of historical lexicography of Semitic languages / George E. Mendenhall -- Bāqillānī's Critique of Imruʼ al-Qays / Mustansir Mir -- Reflexes of classical Arabic šayʼun 'thing' in the modern dialects : synthetic forms in language change / Loraine K. Obler -- The Ammonite onomasticon : syntactic and morphological considerations / M. O'Connor -- Having a dialogue with a work of history : a checklist for critical examination and evaluation / Louis L. Orlin -- The relation between al-Jurjānī and modern Western linguists / Raji M. Rammuny -- Ruth, Tamar and Levirate marriage / Gene M. Schramm -- A neglected Ottoman poem : the Şehrengīz / J. Stewart-Robinson -- A propositional analysis on literary theory applied to Middle Eastern genres / Gernot L. Windfuhr.