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  1. Hello All, So I'm a longtime lurker looking to get some feedback from the great NT/Late Antiquity group on here. Coming backwards from Islamic studies to LA is a little overwhelming on the language front :/ About me: 6 years of Arabic. Control of several dialects, Classical and Medieval Arabic, MSA Some Comparative Semitics: A bit of Hebrew, Akkadian, and Ugaritic but definitely not at a full research competency. Some formal linguistics and epigraphy courses Greek and Latin: Doh. Bringing them back where they should be if I hadn't let them drop off at uni. By application season I should be in ok shape but definitely behind some peers. Now the bad...most of my professors are recommending I apply to Byzantine history PhDs. They are telling me I will need: Syriac More advanced Hebrew (particularly Mishnaic) Coptic Pahlavi Dig experience Sabaic and North Arabian would be nice icing on the cake I feel a bit out of my depth. While they've reassured me I can do lots during the PhD, their advice has mainly been "learn as much as you can." I am thinking of prioritizing Syriac before application season but would appreciate any insight.
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