From before the foundations of the world...

[Paul Younan]

Shlama Kara,

I'm at work at the moment so I can't answer everything you posted, but here are a couple of things I wanted to address:

What exactly qualifies you to translate the Peshitta (without Church approval)

What makes you think I am translating the Peshitta? I have stated many times in the past that I share the opinion, historically, that the Peshitta should not be translated. An Interlinear text is quite a different beast.

Lamsa, Bauscher and Andrew have provided translations. I have not, nor will I.

...and spread Aramaic primacy? What makes you an "expert" of this subject and ones akin to it?

When and where have you seen me label myself an expert? I am now and will always be a student of these topics, for a lifetime. I don't believe in "experts." What is an "expert", anyway?

Let's just get this straight: I am an Aramaic-speaking clergyman, an Assyrian by birth, born to Aramaic-speaking parents and I serve an Aramaic-speaking Christian community.

Besides those things there are no special qualifications that I possess. I have repeatedly chastised people in the past who have referred to me by titles which I do not possess, like "Dr." I have repeatedly stated that this work is not sanctioned by the CoE, not because they have refused but because I never intend to ask. I don't want it to be sanctioned, because I am more conservative than they are about the no-translation policy. I wouldn't accept their sanction if I were called to a Synod and offered it. That's because I know how imperfect the work is, and will always be.

Your store shelves are full of "translations" by "experts", you don't need anything from me.