Books by 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.

The Arabic alphabet has a fascinating history, one that is entwined with the development of culture and society in the Middle East. This book traces the origins of the Arabic alphabet back to Aramaic, a descendant of Phoenecian, which itself gave rise to the Hebrew and Greek alphabets.