New Interlinear Project

[gbausc]

Shlama kalhown,

Dave, do you really think Otto was talking to you ?

Otto, I am doing the entire NT. I need to start in the Gospels to get my feet wet. I can check it with Paul's work
(though it is prety much my own translation) and establish my competence as a translator. I believe the Hebrew characters represent the original form of the Peshitta - Estrangela was not used in the first century. I also am giving a prose translation with the interlinear, which Paul has not done. I also have given considerable notes about the textual differences between Greek and Aramaic and the origin of the Greek readings , which are pretty well documented and original with me.

I must follow where my feet take me. So far, they take me
to the gospels. I hope you guys have checked out my work.
Kiraz' work is going to look like a nightmare to a layman.
It is far too technical, with four or five layers of different interlinear translations for every line of Aramaic. The Serto script of Aramaic is also a daunting looking text for people to learn. I don't think that is a good way to introduce Aramaic to the public. I'm sure it will be a great resource for scholars.
Mine will have the interlinear, with an Aramaic word, then its English equivalent in brackets, an Aramaic word, an English word, etc.
Under each verse will be a straightforward prose translation
taken from the interlinear in very simple English. I have already done these for John 1-9 and John 17.

Kiraz is inviting the people he wants to do the work. He is not going to invite me. He has already refused to publish an article by me in Hugoye Journal on Peshitta primacy (which opens on my web site as the opening screen at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://dave.ultimasurf.com">http://dave.ultimasurf.com</a><!-- m -->) , which article is very well documented and supported. I believe he is threatened by Peshitta primacists so much that he would not even publish an opposing view in his journal. I have seen nothing in them to refute that notion.

Well, thanks for the inquiries. Maybe my work will just sit on the web site for years. I pray not, but I know that "He who calls you is also faithful to perform it". The disposition of it is in His hands.

Blessings with Grace,

Dave Bauscher