08-27-2008, 08:26 PM
Shlama all--
About 30 minutes ago, I checked UPS and found they listed Mari/PEACE as "delivered--front door". I looked out of my door (ambled on my walker very slowly) but nothing was there. Now I live on the third floor without an elevator, and going down the stairs on my butt while clutching a walking stick by myself is very dangerous. So, I called my next door neighbor who is a conventional Jewish Conservative and who may or may not know that I am Messianic though we have known each other since 1998, and asked if he could go down the three flights of stairs to see if the package was there. He did, and it was. So other than Baruch and the people he showed his copy to in Canada, that Jewish man, before me or my proofreader Shali, was the first person to physically touch Mari.
The only thing different from this copy and what you may see should you choose to acquire it is how it is bound--mine is in a 3 inch wide looseleaf binder, clearly not ideal for something that you will want to get your fingers on over and over again, but binding is the last step, as I think I mentioned.
As I thumbed through it quickly--the detailed editing having long been completed and really just making sure nothing was out of place--I only found one little format error which I immediately called Baruch about. He is fixing it as I write this to all of you. I will of course double and triple check it but I have already given my approval for the copy to go to final print. Baruch has not told me however exactly when the binding will be completed, only that he has been assured again and again that it will be done "quickly". Obviously when I know the final delivery date, I will post it here! <!-- s8) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/cool.gif" alt="8)" title="Cool" /><!-- s8) -->
Meanwhile, here are some things I can tell you all:
1) Even in looseleaf bindery, Mari/PEACE weighs more than 8 pounds! Baruch's advice: "If you drop it on your knee Andrew you will be totally set back in your recovery!"
2) The volume has 1,048 main pages, not including about 30 pages of intro stuff. Of those 340 pages are materials that FOLLOW the interlinear. I have been saying there were "about 30" essays and such but I was wrong and didn't realize it until I did a rough count of the topics. There are more than 75 instead, so my bad.
3) Revelation, by total coincidence I promise you, actually begins on page 666. Baruch was cracking up when I pointed that out to him, and I wasn't sure exactly how I should feel about it except to tell all of you this upfront, or you won't believe otherwise that such was totally blind luck.
4) Price will be set shortly, but we are still on track with what I said before.
5) You can expect virtually every major aspect of Aramaic NT primacy (Hebrew Matthews, Old Syriac, Greek families, split words, etc) to be discussed in Mari/PEACE in one form or another.
That's all for now. I think my next email wil (hopefully) simply tell you all is ready for final delivery from us to you. Todah rabba for your patience as we complete this monumental project. I can only pray it will be judged worthy by all those who have waited for it for so long.
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth
About 30 minutes ago, I checked UPS and found they listed Mari/PEACE as "delivered--front door". I looked out of my door (ambled on my walker very slowly) but nothing was there. Now I live on the third floor without an elevator, and going down the stairs on my butt while clutching a walking stick by myself is very dangerous. So, I called my next door neighbor who is a conventional Jewish Conservative and who may or may not know that I am Messianic though we have known each other since 1998, and asked if he could go down the three flights of stairs to see if the package was there. He did, and it was. So other than Baruch and the people he showed his copy to in Canada, that Jewish man, before me or my proofreader Shali, was the first person to physically touch Mari.
The only thing different from this copy and what you may see should you choose to acquire it is how it is bound--mine is in a 3 inch wide looseleaf binder, clearly not ideal for something that you will want to get your fingers on over and over again, but binding is the last step, as I think I mentioned.
As I thumbed through it quickly--the detailed editing having long been completed and really just making sure nothing was out of place--I only found one little format error which I immediately called Baruch about. He is fixing it as I write this to all of you. I will of course double and triple check it but I have already given my approval for the copy to go to final print. Baruch has not told me however exactly when the binding will be completed, only that he has been assured again and again that it will be done "quickly". Obviously when I know the final delivery date, I will post it here! <!-- s8) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/cool.gif" alt="8)" title="Cool" /><!-- s8) -->
Meanwhile, here are some things I can tell you all:
1) Even in looseleaf bindery, Mari/PEACE weighs more than 8 pounds! Baruch's advice: "If you drop it on your knee Andrew you will be totally set back in your recovery!"
2) The volume has 1,048 main pages, not including about 30 pages of intro stuff. Of those 340 pages are materials that FOLLOW the interlinear. I have been saying there were "about 30" essays and such but I was wrong and didn't realize it until I did a rough count of the topics. There are more than 75 instead, so my bad.
3) Revelation, by total coincidence I promise you, actually begins on page 666. Baruch was cracking up when I pointed that out to him, and I wasn't sure exactly how I should feel about it except to tell all of you this upfront, or you won't believe otherwise that such was totally blind luck.
4) Price will be set shortly, but we are still on track with what I said before.
5) You can expect virtually every major aspect of Aramaic NT primacy (Hebrew Matthews, Old Syriac, Greek families, split words, etc) to be discussed in Mari/PEACE in one form or another.
That's all for now. I think my next email wil (hopefully) simply tell you all is ready for final delivery from us to you. Todah rabba for your patience as we complete this monumental project. I can only pray it will be judged worthy by all those who have waited for it for so long.
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth