Saadia Gaon

[abudar2000]

shlomo habr bar_khela,

Thanks for the complement!

I like your dedication to research, I'm just like you I like research. :)

Based upon your proofs, I'd say that right off the bat. I wonder if Arabic was a slang of Aramaic or if it was a language which appeared by its own merit while heavily borrowing from its predecessor.

From what I know it descends from Aramaic.

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lahma <- Bread (Aramaic)
lahm <- Flesh (Arabic)
(We see a clear Christian influence on the Arabic language, because in Christianity we say that our Lord Transformed Bread into His Flesh)

But I'm not sure if this is mere concidence. In German, "gift" means "poison" while in English it means "a present." ---

Since both Hebrew and Aramaic list "lahma" as bread, it would be odd that Arabic would differ. Espeically when we a significant historical event that most likely affected it, given that some of the Arabs were Christian before.

shareera <- True (Aramaic)
shareer <- Evil (Arabic)
(We see here a Quranic influence, because in Aramaic we refer to Jesus (in the context of God) as 'shareera' (i.e. we say "bsh??m aba wabra wrooha dqoodsha had alaha shareera ameen" = "In the name of the Father, and Son, and the Holy Spirit One True God verily). And since the Quran considers that Jesus is not God, and that the people who profess it are sinners, thus the Arabic word 'shareer' became known as evil)

That's very interesting. But in the Qu'ran, is "shareer" used in reference to the Christian proclamation of the Trinity?

They just call us "kafar" sinners. As for the word "shareer" that's just from common knowledge.

poosh bashlomo,
keefa-moroon