Shakespeare in Galilean… Yes it happened…
So in the wake of seeing Shakespeare’s work in its original pronunciation as a metaphor for reading Jesus’ words in Aramaic, after reading to my kids tonight, we somehow ad-libbed the following in...
View ArticleThe Seventh North American Syriac Symposium
June 21-24, 2015 * * * The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 1, 2015 * * * The Seventh North American Syriac Symposium will be held at The Catholic University of America on June 21-24,...
View ArticleMarcus Borg (1942-2015)
Marcus Borg March 11, 1942 – January 21, 2015 בשלמיה The post Marcus Borg (1942-2015) appeared first on The Aramaic New Testament.
View ArticleThe First Baptists, The Last Gnostics: James McGrath on the Mandaeans
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2015/01/the-first-baptists-the-last-gnostics.html Peace, -Steve The post The First Baptists, The Last Gnostics: James McGrath on the Mandaeans appeared...
View ArticleNew Book: A Cultural History of Aramaic – From the Beginnings to the Advent...
Holger Gzella, University of Leiden Aramaic is a constant thread running through the various civilizations of the Near East, ancient and modern, from 1000 BCE to the present, and has been the language...
View ArticleHugoye Symposium IV: Syriac and the Digital Humanities
March 6, 2015 Hosted by: Beth Mardutho Research Library, Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers University Libraries Rutgers Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literature Rutgers...
View ArticleGetting a Better Quantitative Grip on Galilean Verb Forms
I’m trying to get a better idea of which verbal stems/forms are used for each root in the Galilean grammar I am working on. Further down the list from this screenshot, it’s curious how certain rare...
View ArticleGalilean Aramaic: Speaking The Language of Christ
Saturday, March 28, 2015 1-4pm in the Ross Room Cost: $50, waivers available Galilean Aramaic was the language of Jesus of Nazareth and a large body of early Rabbinic literature which was nearly lost...
View ArticleMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Most churches do a Passion Play this time of year, re-enacting the final moments of Jesus up to and including the crucifixion. Most of these Passion Plays tend to include Jesus’ final words as recorded...
View ArticleHow to Know When You Shouldn’t Publish Your Own “Translation”
As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, when it comes to Aramaic materials sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. In this case, it is also a prime example of how a Google search can go terribly...
View ArticleWorking on the Daily Office
Tomorrow morning I’ll be at in the Ross Room at Christ Church New Brunswick from 10 AM to noon (as I usually am) working on various Aramaic-related things. This week the focus is on translating some of...
View ArticleYa Yeki Həwā I – A Story in Mandaic Neo-Aramaic
A colleague of mine, Charles Häberl has directed this delightful animation set to a story in Mandaic Neo-Aramaic. Be sure to turn on captioning for English subtitles if you can’t keep up… I had to…...
View ArticlePope Francis Given Copy of Tel Dan Stele
According to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in honor of Pope Francis’ visit, President Rivlin gave him a copy of what appears to be the Tel Dan Stele — the inscription that famously mentions...
View ArticleTime to Update the Aramaic Words Translation
Time to go back over everything I’ve done and tweak things so that they’re up to snuff with the body of my research. You may see the Gospels section of the site change dramatically over the next month...
View ArticleAramaic Inscription Found in Kursi (Near the Sea of Galilee)
A 1,500-year-old marble slab found on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee Wednesday provides the first real proof of ancient Jewish settlement in the area, archaeologists say. The large slab, which...
View ArticlePassion of the Christ Sequel?
Apparently, a sequel is in the works. Curious if they’re going to keep the dialogue in in-period languages. 🙂 Peace, -Steve
View ArticleSo Where Have I Been?
So yeah, the past year has been a bit all over the place, and I have not really had the time to properly update AramaicNT.org. I’ve been dealing with a new house, a new son (Ozzie, our 4th kid), and a...
View ArticleQuick Bug Fix on AramaicNT.org
So I noticed that the blogger redirects weren’t working properly anymore for some reason – bringing folks from the old URLs to the home page and leaving them there without any clue as to where to find...
View ArticleGoogle Books Now Supports Syriac OCR!
It ain’t perfect, but it’s certainly good enough for now. -) h/t to George Kiraz via Facebook Peace, -Steve
View ArticleIs “Covfefe” Aramaic?
Q: Is “covfefe” Aramaic? A: NO. Note: I cannot believe that I am writing this… But there has been a spike in Google searches for “covfefe aramaic” lately. So now you know. Peace, -Steve UPDATE: And...
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