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This is a specialty 8-week course that was originally put together at Aramaic Designs and DARIUS for anyone who is interested in learning more about the Lord’s Prayer in Jesus’ mother tongue, Aramaic.

• Course Syllabus & Information

1) What is So Special About the Lord’s Prayer?

• This week’s lectures:
  • The Lord’s Prayer, its Context and History
  • The Lord’s Prayer in Greek
• What to do:
  • Week 1’s Readings
  • Week 1’s Assignment

2) A (Brief) History of Aramaic & the Dialect of Jesus

• This week’s lectures:
  • A History of the Language
    • The Aramaic Alphabet
    • Aramaic Grammar in a Nutshell (new; under construction)
  • The Aramaic of Jesus
    • What Evidence Do We Have?
    • What We’ve Deduced
• What to do:
  • (We will soon have an alphabet quiz and flashcards module here.)
  • Week 2’s Assignment

3) The Syriac Peshitta Lord’s Prayer

• This week’s lectures:
  • An Introduction to the Peshitta
  • The Peshitta Lord’s Prayer
• What to do:
  • Week 3’s Readings
  • Week 3’s Assignment

4) Other Prayer Traditions

• Other Syriac Lord’s Prayer Traditions:
  • The Other Syriac Traditions and Their Relation to Eachother
  • The Old Syriac Lord’s Prayer
  • Resource The Harklean Lord’s Prayer
• Other Similar Prayers:
  • The Kaddish
• What to do:
  • Week 4’s Readings
  • Week 4’s Assignment

5) Scholarly Reconstructions of the Lord’s Prayer

• Reconstructing the Words of Jesus:
  • The Jesus Seminar
• Individual Aramaic Reconstructions:
  • Joachim Jeremias’ Reconstruction
  • Joseph Fitzmyer’s Reconstruction
  • Bruce Chilton’s Reconstruction
  • Sebastian Brock’s Reconstruction
• What to do:
  • Week 5’s Readings
  • Week 5’s Assignment

6) Modern Aramaic Traditions of the Lord’s Prayer

• The Plight of Neo-Aramaic
• Neo-Aramaic Examples:
  • The Lord’s Prayer in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
  • The Lord’s Prayer of Ma’loula
  • The Modern Syriac Orthodox Lord’s Prayer
• What to do:
  • Week 6’s Assignment
  • The Lord’s Prayer in Old English (For Comparison)

7) Odd Translations of the Lord’s Prayer

• An “Ancient” Imagination
• Notable “odd” translations:
  • G. J. Ouseley
  • George Lamsa & Rocco Errico
  • Neil Douglas Klotz
• What to do:
  • Week 7’s Assignment

8) Conclusions, Thoughts & Final Paper

• Assignment Final Paper Requirements & Submission