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Galilean Aramaic Workshop & Classes (In-Person and Online)

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So, now it is time to announce an upcoming worshop on Galilean Aramaic in March as well as start finding what times work for both in-person and online Galilean Aramaic classes. Polls for the classes are below.

Galilean Aramaic: Speaking The Language of Christ

Registration is $50 (and waivers will be available for those in need) and it’s happening on March 28th, 2015 from 1PM to 4PM. It’s a condensed 3 hour workshop which goes over history, the basics of reading, writing, and speaking and some storytelling and conversation. The fee also covers printed learning materials.

For more information — and registration — for this event click here.

The In-Person Galilean 1 Class

Registration will be $100 (waivers also available). It will meet one hour, twice a week for four weeks (8 sessions total) at Christ Church New Brunswick and will cover introductory conversational (spoken) material, reading, writing, memorization, and recitation. Each student will keep a S’far Da‘watha (“Book of Knowledge” or “Book of Opinions,” a journal of one’s work and inspirations) in which to keep their notes and musings.

If it is well received, this class will become the first step towards a certificate program that will award, to accomplished students who pass written and oral exams, the title Talmid Leshana (“Student of the Language”).

The following poll will be used to help schedule the class.

You’ll need to be logged in with a free account in order to cast a vote (for coordination purposes). Either click here or click “Log In” on the menubar to get set up.

When can you attend a live IN-PERSON class in New Brunswick, NJ? (Select one or more)

  • Monday (Evening) (0%, 0 Votes)
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Total Voters: 0

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The Online Galilean 1 Class

Registration will be $100 (waivers also available). It will meet one hour, twice a week for four weeks (8 sessions total) broadcast via webcam and will cover the same material as the In-Person class.

You’ll need to be logged in with a free account in order to cast a vote (for coordination purposes). Either click here or click “Log In” on the menubar to get set up.

When can you attend a live ONLINE class? (Select one or more; Times in EST)

  • Saturday (Morning) (50%, 1 Votes)
  • Tuesday (Morning) (50%, 1 Votes)
  • Wednesday (Evening) (50%, 1 Votes)
  • Thursday (Evening) (50%, 1 Votes)
  • Sunday (Afternoon) (0%, 0 Votes)
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Total Voters: 2

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Lesson on Aramaic Numbers Up!

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The bulk of the next lesson on counting is up! Click here to view it.

Presently the lesson is complete for numbers between 1 and 100, and — where the slides are up — I’m putting the final edits on the audio for how numbers up to and beyond 10,000 work as well as the final part which goes over Aramaic numerical notation for both numerals ( = 1,234) and gematria ( = 1,234).

Peace,
-Steve

Another “Lost Gospel”? Naw.

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You’ve probably been seeing this making the rounds in the news.

A lost Syriac manuscript that depicts Jesus and Mary Magdalene?

In a word:

NO.

Robert Cargill sums it all up as good as I could myself here. Read his review, and then you honestly won’t have to read the book. In fact, just read the following paragraph. It sums it up perfectly:

The text in question is neither “lost” nor a “gospel”, and the allegorical reading of the Syriac version of Joseph and Aseneth is little more than a wishful hope that it would be so, employing little more than name substitution and a desire to prove The DaVinci Code true. Absolutely no scholar will take this book seriously. It will not change Christianity. It will not change biblical scholarship. It’s just Simcha doing what he does best: direct-to-the-public pseudoscholarship just in time for Christmas.

Peace,
-Steve

New Lessons Preview

002 - This is Jacob

For those of you interested in what the new lessons will look like, here’s the page of the first one as it’s going up. If all goes well it should be ready to go with audio by tonight or Sunday.

http://aramaicnt.org/galilean-aramaic/conversational-galilean-class/unit-2-lesson-1-saying-hello/

The format is similar to a “turn the page” storybook where the student starts an audio recording and then turns the page when prompted, interacting with the lesson as it progresses.

Peace,
-Steve