Excerpt from A Manual of the Aramaic Language of the Babylonian Talmud: Grammar, Chrestomathy and Glossaries In the first part of the Chrestomathy, the sources of each form, phrase, or sentence, were indicated in my manu script. But in order to reduce the bulk and cost of the volume, it was deemed advisable to drop them in all but a few cases. As for the Connected Texts, not only are the sources noted, but also a certain amount of variants. Here again economy was imperative. I therefore chose for each piece that witness of the text, which seemed to merit distino tion because of its correctness or originality, giving the authority for all deviations therefrom in the margin, where are likewise registered not only important variants bearing on grammar, lexicon, or meaning, but also scribal errors of the codex chosen (for silence would have led to a false impression as to the actual contents of the manuscript). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.