08-02-2008, 08:58 AM
Brothers and Sisters in Yeshua,
My name is Ipe Mathews, originally from India, settled in Canada and now stationed in the Middle East. I am quite new to this site. Let me come straight to the point. I am in the workshop of a book entwining ancient history that spans from 6 BC to AD 64, the story of Jesus and a parallel fictional story that has supposedly occurred during those years.
To create the ambience of antiquity, I have used quite a lot of ancient words ??? a hybrid of Hebrew, Aramaic and a few Greek expressions in the book. The challenge I face is, I do not know any of these languages. All I have done is borrowing the words from lexicons. I still have 22 sentences comprising about 200 words left to be translated into Aramaic and then transliterated in English language.
Could an Aramaic scholar come to my help? Another area I face is handling the irregular plurals. If I list a word of singulars in Aramaic, could someone provide me with their plurals?
I really would be grateful at this juncture when I am editing and finalizing the book which is expected to come out early next year.
In his service,
Ipe
My name is Ipe Mathews, originally from India, settled in Canada and now stationed in the Middle East. I am quite new to this site. Let me come straight to the point. I am in the workshop of a book entwining ancient history that spans from 6 BC to AD 64, the story of Jesus and a parallel fictional story that has supposedly occurred during those years.
To create the ambience of antiquity, I have used quite a lot of ancient words ??? a hybrid of Hebrew, Aramaic and a few Greek expressions in the book. The challenge I face is, I do not know any of these languages. All I have done is borrowing the words from lexicons. I still have 22 sentences comprising about 200 words left to be translated into Aramaic and then transliterated in English language.
Could an Aramaic scholar come to my help? Another area I face is handling the irregular plurals. If I list a word of singulars in Aramaic, could someone provide me with their plurals?
I really would be grateful at this juncture when I am editing and finalizing the book which is expected to come out early next year.
In his service,
Ipe