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Saadia Gaon
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Shlama Akhi bar-Khela,

bar-Khela Wrote:I do not see how the particular dialect of Edessa infiltrated classical Arabic the way it did if the two peoples, Assyrians and Arabs, were isolated. What are your thoughts on this?

Was not Muhammed tutored by a CoE monk in Mecca? His name was Waraqa ibn Nofal, who was translating the book of Matthew from Aramaic into Arabic at the time. Wasn't he also tutored in Basra by the Church of the East monk, Bahira, in Syria?

Was not Haret-Ibn-Caida, physician and friend of Muhammed, a Church of the Easterner?

Quote:The Nestorians (sic) were the most powerful non-Moslem community while the Caliphs reigned at Bagdad (750-1258) and had a higher tradition of civilization than their masters. They were used at court as physicians, scribes and secretaries, and thus gained great influence . . . The Arab scholarship which came to Spain and was a great factor in Medieval learning begins in great part with the Nestorians (sic) of Baghdad.

S. M. Swemer , A Moslem Seeker After God

That's how Classical Aramaic influenced Classical Arabic. <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile -->
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan
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Saadia Gaon - by bar_khela - 03-19-2004, 06:17 PM
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