01-12-2009, 05:32 PM
Shlama alokhun,
Something quite interesting was just brought to my attention yesterday at church and I thought this would be VERY interesting to the Peshitta primacy movement. So, during service my priest explained how the Aramaic word "qmssa" (if read right to left - qop, meem, sade, alap) which is found in Matthew 3:4 and Mark 1:6 is NOT refering to the word locust! I was told about a desert plant full of protein (red in color and about 25 cm in height) that grows in the area where John the Baptist was living, which just so happens to have the same (or similar) name in written form. I believe he pronounced it something like qamssa or qamsse or qamssi (I can't remember exactly).
If any of you are familiar with Mexican food, think of it like eating "nopales". For those unfamiliar with Mexican cuisine go to...
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Regardless this makes a lot of sense, since in the past I was confused as to why John the Baptist would chase around and eat bugs. Moreover, this reaffirms my thought that John the Baptist would have lived according to the same diet as Meshikha (vegetarian + fish).
God Bless,
-Nimrod Warda-
Something quite interesting was just brought to my attention yesterday at church and I thought this would be VERY interesting to the Peshitta primacy movement. So, during service my priest explained how the Aramaic word "qmssa" (if read right to left - qop, meem, sade, alap) which is found in Matthew 3:4 and Mark 1:6 is NOT refering to the word locust! I was told about a desert plant full of protein (red in color and about 25 cm in height) that grows in the area where John the Baptist was living, which just so happens to have the same (or similar) name in written form. I believe he pronounced it something like qamssa or qamsse or qamssi (I can't remember exactly).
If any of you are familiar with Mexican food, think of it like eating "nopales". For those unfamiliar with Mexican cuisine go to...
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jrbaccon/jrbcactus.html">http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/j ... actus.html</a><!-- m -->
Regardless this makes a lot of sense, since in the past I was confused as to why John the Baptist would chase around and eat bugs. Moreover, this reaffirms my thought that John the Baptist would have lived according to the same diet as Meshikha (vegetarian + fish).
God Bless,
-Nimrod Warda-