"Often neglected as a biblical language, Aramaic appears in the Old Testament books of Genesis, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Ezra. And its corpus of material is actually larger than several books of the Old Testament put together. Basics of Biblical Aramaic follows the same easy-to-understand style found in the widely-used Basics of Biblical Hebrew and includes everything you need to learn biblical Aramaic. This book is designed for those who already have a working knowledge of biblical Hebrew: complete Aramaic-English lexicon with definitions derived from HALOT; complete biblical Aramaic text with annotation, which reinforces the material in the grammar, helps readers with textual difficulties, and introduces students to helpful secondary resources; chapter exercises, all from the biblical text, provide opportunities for students to practice and reinforce each chapter's material; an answer key for all exercises is available at TextbookPlus. Zondervan.com; helpful charts and statistics"--Page 4 of cover.