Yep, I haven’t posted much or followed up on many Aramaic-related things because I’ve been extremely busy at RV.
Admittedly, this isn’t a very good picture – but it represents about 4-5 years worth of work, including the past 6 months’ worth of constant testing and refinement (no joke).
Yes, that’s olive wood. Not seen: Sterling silver chain work.
The first one is already in the hands of its owner.
More information will be coming before the end of the month. 🙂
Peace,
-Steve
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 Galilean — which I found amusing:
Almost as good as in the original Klingon. 🙂
Comment below if you can figure it out.
Peace,
-Steve
יומדן אנה כַתיב חד כתַב דבלו״ג בסוריסטון בגין אנה מהימן דאֵן אנה יכיל מעביד כתבין יתיר דיהוי לכולכון יתיר מיקרי
אנה יכיל מכַתּיש עם מילין חדתן ואשכח לאורחין חדתין מימור כן וכן ומיכתוב כן וכן הכה על אינטרני״ט בלישן מית
זמנין סגין כתבית כלום הכה ולא שלחית ליה בגין דאנה אמרית לגרמי דדן לא טב הוא ואנה שרי מידכל או שרי מיצף ליה
הדן זימנה ברם אנה לא דחל ומשלח הדן כתבה לכולכון דלא חליפין
בסופה יתהני על כולה ומן תני אתי שַלמה
שלם לכון
Steve
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.
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.
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)
Total Voters: 0
Loading ...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)
Total Voters: 2
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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