An Introduction to the Gothic Language

by William Holmes Bennett

Book Overview

This handbook was written specifically for beginning students. It presents twenty-seven graded readings, each accompanied by a vocabulary and an explanation of grammatical details; the final chapter provides a sample of the Codex Argenteus. Among the readings, the first seven are in effect preliminary exercises. The remaining twenty readings represent the Gothic Bible and the Skeireins. The external history of the language is also outlined,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873522958
• ISBN13: 9780873522953
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher