We’re going to be filling out this section with new stuff in the very near future, but in the meantime, check out what is currently being offered. 🙂
Peace,
-Steve
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The Manuscript Revealed!: Barack Obama’s Ancient Aramaic Birth Certificate
Born in Babylon? The jig is up! Read on…I must admit that I am surprised at my readership. Although I can imagine a number of individuals (you know who you are) realizing the absurdity of the document and hesitating to admit it. 🙂
What you are looking at is the physical echo of a daydream, late one evening when I thought to myself:
Well, what if I took that YouTube video that has been circulating and smashed it together with the Kenyan birth certificate debacle?
In the wee hours of the night, refusing sleep, after translating and typesetting (both sloppliy), cutting and crinkling, the “artifact” was born:
The “ancient” document, itself, is a birth certificate for Barack Obama, placing his point of origin in Babylon at around 516-515 BCE.
Originally, I planned on sending a copy of it hand-inked on actual papyrus to the President, himself as a belated birthday gift, along with a cover letter explaining everything that went into it… but I figured that it might not be in good taste… (and at the same time might get me on some lists… or not but who knows? If there are I’m probably already on them. 🙂 ).
In either case, I hesitated and decided to share it on here with everyone else instead, so that ancient language buffs may enjoy a bit of a chuckle.
(Incidentally, if you’re interested in a copy of it, send me an email.)
Peace,
-Steve
Movement on the NENA Front
A number of you may remember the University of Cambridge’s North Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) Database Project some years back. Well, I just decided to pop by the website to see how things were going, and was pleasantly surprised to see some spiffy maps, lots of audio files and progress. Things are looking good!
-Steve
New Aramaic Class: The Aramaic Lord’s Prayer
A number of people have expressed their interest in the Aramaic classes that are offered over at Aramaic Designs, but that the price (in this economy) has been prohibitive.
Because of this a new class is in development that should be ready in the next couple of months that will be on the topic of the Aramaic Lord’s Prayer. The basic information at this time is as follows:
ARC010: The Aramaic Lord’s Prayer
Duration: 8 weeks (~2 months)
Enrollment: Rolling (you can enroll at any time)
Price: $50Current Syllabus: (subject to change, but probably close to this)
- What’s So Special About The Lord’s Prayer?
– Context & History
– The Prayer in Greek- A (Brief) History of Aramaic & the Language of Jesus
– An Introduction to Aramaic & its Alphabet
– The Aramaic of Jesus- The Syriac Peshitta Lord’s Prayer
– An Introduction to the Peshitta
– The Peshitta Lord’s Prayer- Other Syriac Lord’s Prayer Traditions
– The Other Syriac Traditions and Their Relation to Each Other
– Old Syriac, Harklean, etc.- Scholarly Reconstructions of the Lord’s Prayer
– Reconstructing the Words of Jesus
– The Jesus Seminar
– Individual Scholarly Reconstructions (Jeremias’, Fitzmeyer, Chilton, Brock, etc.)- Modern Aramaic Traditions of the Lord’s Prayer
– The Plight of Neo-Aramaic
– Neo-Aramaic Examples (Neo-Assyrian, Ma`loula, etc.)- Odd Translations of the Lord’s Prayer
– An “Aramaic” Imagination
– Notable Odd Translations (Ouseley, Lamsa/Errico, Douglas-Klotz, etc.)- Conclusions, Thoughts & Final Paper
– Aramaic and Prayer
– Greater Historical Context
– Final essay on any topic covered in the class, or other topic subject to professor approval (~500-1000 words).
All who are interested or wish to have more information, please email in to Information@AramaicDesigns.com.
Peace,
-Steve
New Aramaic T-Shirts at Aramaic Designs
Liz is Aramaic Designs’ newest team member, and has already begun to craft things of beauty by drawing inspiration from the language. If you would like to commission her for a tattoo design or art piece, please email in to us here for a quote.
Her artists page at Aramaic Designs can be found here and the following t-shirt designs are now available immediately:
Pretty soon, these will also be available as tattoo stencils with both flash art and color-reference.
Peace,
-Steve