11-21-2013, 05:06 AM
Yes, that's what I call "Syriac Aramaic". I don't like using the term "Syriac" without using it in conjunction to "Aramaic". They're really synonyms but modern Greek primacists can't seem to help but distinguish "Syriac" and "Aramaic", when this distinction is quite unjustified. I agree with Akhi Paul's assertion that Jesus and the apostles could easily switch between dialects, as Jesus clearly had no problem conversing with Assyrians, as He spent a lot of His ministry in Syria. I put a lot of stock in Akhan Paul's linguistic statements, as he is a native speaker of the language of our Lord and God Jesus the Messiah. I'm thankful we have native speakers of this beautiful language working to preserve it.