08-20-2011, 01:21 AM
Shlama Akhi Jerry:
One thing is obvious to me. Yuo do not know when instruction is available and in what form it is being presented. Shamasha Paul Younan is correct in his admonition to you. To the hungry soul every bitter (or perceived bitterness) is sweet. Akhi Paul doesn't pull his punches. He doesn't have to when it comes to Aramaic and the Peshitta in particular. Aramaic is his mother tongue and all of the Aramaic speakers who plug into Peshitta.org and Dukhrana Biblical Research at Dukhrana.com have nothing to be ashamed of. However, I am not an Aramic speaker and barely understand the language. I do my best with what I have at 60 years of age. In spite of my limitations I have learned a tremendous amount of very useful knowledge from watching and listening and reading the posts arguments and counter-argments as well as the clear as a bell teaching fro Shamasha Paul Younan.
Someimes Akhi Jerry, the only thing that keeps us from knowledge is pride and pre-conceived ideas. So read the posts carefully and ask Alaha, YHVH our Elohim to target your attitude as we all should, indeed must do. When you are corrected it is in a spirit of love with a healthy helping of sarcasm. That's Shamasha Paul's style and it works well for him and those of us who appreciate his no nonsense, down to earth teaching methods. You are not the first and you won't be the last to experience his tongue in cheek methodology. <!-- s
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Shlama,
Stehen Silver
(another Moderator at Peshitta.org)
One thing is obvious to me. Yuo do not know when instruction is available and in what form it is being presented. Shamasha Paul Younan is correct in his admonition to you. To the hungry soul every bitter (or perceived bitterness) is sweet. Akhi Paul doesn't pull his punches. He doesn't have to when it comes to Aramaic and the Peshitta in particular. Aramaic is his mother tongue and all of the Aramaic speakers who plug into Peshitta.org and Dukhrana Biblical Research at Dukhrana.com have nothing to be ashamed of. However, I am not an Aramic speaker and barely understand the language. I do my best with what I have at 60 years of age. In spite of my limitations I have learned a tremendous amount of very useful knowledge from watching and listening and reading the posts arguments and counter-argments as well as the clear as a bell teaching fro Shamasha Paul Younan.
Someimes Akhi Jerry, the only thing that keeps us from knowledge is pride and pre-conceived ideas. So read the posts carefully and ask Alaha, YHVH our Elohim to target your attitude as we all should, indeed must do. When you are corrected it is in a spirit of love with a healthy helping of sarcasm. That's Shamasha Paul's style and it works well for him and those of us who appreciate his no nonsense, down to earth teaching methods. You are not the first and you won't be the last to experience his tongue in cheek methodology. <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/blush.gif" alt="" title="Blush" /><!-- s --> Shlama,
Stehen Silver
(another Moderator at Peshitta.org)