This book is a compendious grammar of the Aramaic dialect in which the
ancient Samaritan literature is written. In a large measure this dialect
is still used in the synagogal service of the community. As a Lehrbuch
it is aimed at students interested in learning this dialect which
flourished, along with the Talmudic Aramaic of Palestinian Judaism and
Christian Palestinian Aramaic, during the Roman and Byzantine period. As
such, the book presupposes a certain measure of familiarity with Hebrew.
Some basic knowledge of any Aramaic dialect may be of great help as
well. The material that forms the basis of this grammar is drawn from Z.
Ben-?ayyim's publications, mainly from his edition of the liturgy, as
recited in the synagogue (LOT IIIb), and from his translated and
annotated edition of the Samaritan Midrash.