In Response to David Coomler, re a good Syriac primer: A reliable book has recently been written by the Leyden professor of semitic studies: T. Muraoka Classical Syriac for Hebraists. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1987. Bye, Erik van Halsema <j.d.f.van_halsema@esau.th.vu.nl>