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Catholic scholarship and Aramaic
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Paul Younan Wrote:Akhi bar-Khela,

As you well know, Abraham was from southern "Iraq." When told to leave southern "Iraq", he and his wife Sarai lived in Harran (in northern "Iraq", then called "Assyria"). They lived there a long, long time with their relatives. From there they went on to Canaan.

As you also know, Abraham had Ishmael and then Iskhaaq. When Iskhaaq was 40 years old, Abraham forbade him to marry from the women around them and sent him to his own "kin" so that he may marry "one of his own."

The book of Genesis tells us:

Moses Wrote:Isaac was 40 years old when he took as his wife Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean.

The story doesn't end there, beloved Akha. Iskhaaq later had Yaqub, did he not? Well, did Iskhaaq also insist that his son, like he, marry from their own "kin?" Why, yes indeedee....he sure did. And sure enough, Yaqub married the daughters of Laban....the Aramean, who told him:

Genesis 29:15 Wrote:Laban said to him, "Just because you're my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be."

Now, let's analyze these facts for a little bit. Iskhaaq married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean. She was the sister of Laban, the Aramean. They were from Paddan-Aram (Aramea.)

Iskhaaq's son Yaqub was also forbidden to marry of the "foreign" women, and also went to Aram to select a wife from among his "kin"....the Arameans.

So, all the men and women who are considered to be the Patriarchs of both the Hebrews and the Arabs were.....guess what? ARAMEANS!

If these were Abraham's "kin", Arameans who lived in Iraq (southern "Babylonia~UR" and northern "Assyria-Harran") that is, then are you really suggesting that the Arameans (and even Babylonians and Assyrians) spoke Arabic prior to the time Ishmael and the Arabs even existed?

These are facts. I do accept, Akhi Paul. I also accept that Aramaic was the tongue of both Ishmael and Issac as it was the principal tongue of Abraham. However, I believe Arabic grew up to become a rich, intensely poetic language, surpassing Aramaic and Hebrew in literary expression while retaining what Hebrew threw away and Aramaic had forgotten.
???Do not give up, for that is ignorance and not according to the rules of this art... Like the lover, you cannot hope to achieve success without infinite perseverance.???
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Catholic scholarship and Aramaic - by oozeaddai - 10-29-2004, 07:46 PM
Blessed are the poor in spirit - by gbausc - 10-29-2004, 09:45 PM
Should've learned Arabic - by bar_khela - 11-01-2004, 04:12 PM
Re: Should've learned Arabic - by Paul Younan - 11-01-2004, 04:26 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 11-01-2004, 04:57 PM
Bare knuckles - by bar_khela - 11-01-2004, 05:01 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 11-01-2004, 05:01 PM
[No subject] - by bar_khela - 11-01-2004, 05:12 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 11-01-2004, 05:15 PM
Re: Should've learned Arabic - by bar_khela - 11-01-2004, 05:19 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 11-01-2004, 05:25 PM
Re: Should've learned Arabic - by Paul Younan - 11-01-2004, 05:30 PM
[No subject] - by bar_khela - 11-01-2004, 05:32 PM
[No subject] - by byrnesey - 11-01-2004, 08:09 PM
[No subject] - by oozeaddai - 11-02-2004, 03:30 AM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 11-02-2004, 04:34 AM
[No subject] - by bar_khela - 11-02-2004, 07:40 PM
[No subject] - by bar_khela - 11-02-2004, 08:04 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 11-02-2004, 08:10 PM
[No subject] - by bar_khela - 11-02-2004, 08:50 PM
[No subject] - by oozeaddai - 11-02-2004, 09:21 PM
[No subject] - by bar_khela - 11-02-2004, 09:24 PM
[No subject] - by oozeaddai - 11-02-2004, 09:31 PM
[No subject] - by bar_khela - 11-02-2004, 09:48 PM
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