#Aramaic

Dr. Michael Wingert

The Aramaic (Syriac) word of the day is: ܓܗܐ(gāhā), "time, ornate room/bridal chamber" pronounced "goho" (West Syriac). From Pahlavi (Middle Persian) گاه (gâh). Seen it more in modern speech than

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Al-Quran tak berasal dari Aramaic!Rujukan dia ialah The Quran: Misinterpreted, Mistranslated and Misread karya Gabriel Sauma (seorang Kristian. Pernah baca buku merepek ni)Banyak penipuan bahasa yang dilakukan yang mana ahli

Garf (refollow)

So then, I started a poll to see which thread I should make. In the meantime, I'll do some threads:Starting with Arabic in the pre-Islamic era. Firstly, I'd like to

#1⃣9⃣!!!🇲🇾

For the first time in history, a book is written to reveal that the language of the Qur'an is Aramaic, not Arabic. The Aramaic language of the Qur'an renders interpretations

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

Any of them! But go slowly, skip barechu and Kaddish, and daven from the English (assuming you have translation on the opposite page) if you want (Jewish law says you

Marijn "i before j" van Putten

In the Quran, God is referred to in three places (Q2:255; Q3:2; Q20:111) as al-ḥayy al-qayyūm "The Living, The All-Sustaining". ʿUmar ibn al-Ḫaṭṭāb , the second Islamic caliph, is attributed

The Catholic Linguist

You’ll see it in the headlines from time to time. It’s usually some variant of “which language did #Jesus speak?” or “is ISIS exterminating the language of Jesus?”. Scholars –

Mother Brit 🍂🎃🍁🦉🌙

PotentiaEtActus

What are your favorite bible translations, y'all? Mine in order of preference (no @-ing anyone): 1. New American Bible, Revised Edition 2. Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition 3. King

Byzantine Ambassador

MELKITES – A Thread By C10th, the Arabic language had supplanted both Aramaic – then the lingua franca of the Near East – and Greek, the tongue of poleis (esp

Simon Wolfgang Fuchs 🇪🇺

(1/5) Joseph Schacht, one of the giants in the Western study of Islamic law, was appointed professor of Oriental Studies @UniFreiburg in 1924, at the tender age of 22. Between

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

Was reminded just now of when I was a rabbinical student & got pickpocketed in a cafe in Jerusalem &, panicked, I ran to the waiter and said the only

Abbie Jane Phelps

goodhunterabbie

It is a perfect microcosm of American evangelicalism that The Passion of the Christ is in Aramaic for "authenticity" yet features an entirely white cast Right off the bat people

I spent some time with people who use "The Passion Translation" and realized why it's so popular. The "Relationship, not Religion"-type evangelicals love TPT because they finally have a New

Christopher Curtis

On this Palm Sunday, a reminder that Jesus was an itinerant anarchist working to dismantle the capitalist state through nonviolent disruption. He spoke aramaic -- the language of the poor.

Deconverted Calvinist

DeconvertedCal1

A thread to my life-long atheist friends:When I was a true believer, it all made sense to me. Theology was my kung fu, and my kung fu was strong. I

Sami Jiries | سامي جِريِس

One of the first things I learned when I started taking linguistics courses was that linguists are uniquely qualified to document and preserve the languages of marginalized and threatened communities,