Böcker av John Healey

John Healey's, Leshono Suryoyo, is an introductory grammar for those wishing to learn to read Classical Syriac, one of the major literary dialects of Aramaic and the language of one of the main groups of Middle Eastern churches, including the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Church of the East, and the Chaldaean Church.

The thousands of surviving inscriptions in Middle Aramaic are an underused resource in the study of the Near East in the Roman period, especially in the study of religion and law. This volume collects together, under the interrelated themes of religion and law, twenty-three articles.

What are the poverty reduction goals of the European development cooperation agencies? This book examines the credibility of their actual record in terms of their commitment and approaches to poverty reduction. The poverty impact of their aid programmes and their good and bad practices are assessed based on field studies in seven poor countries.