11-01-2008, 01:35 AM
Shlama:
This is Paul Younan's original post, dated August 13th, 2001.
This is a remarkable find. The choice of words is inspired by the Holy Spirit and was given to Zechariah, the father of John the Immerser.
Paul Younan wrote:
Shlama Akhi Michael,
Zechariah's Canticle is a Semitic poem structured on Semitic rules of poetry, one of which is that poems should be broken out into equal strophes (grouping of verses) of equal stiches (verses).
Here is how Zechariah's Canticle breaks out:
Strophe One
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
for He has looked favorably on his people
and He has redeemed them.
Strophe Two
He has raised up a mighty savior for us in the house of his servant David
as He spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from of old
that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us
Strophe Three
Thus he has shown the mercy (Aramaic - "Khanan" - root of the name 'Yukhanan' (John)) promised to our ancestors
and has remembered (Hebrew - "Zachar", root of the name Zechariah) his holy covenant
the oath (Hebrew - "Shaba", root of the name Elishaba (Elizabeth)) that he swore to our ancestor Abraham
Strophe Four
to grant us that we
being rescued from the hands of our enemies
might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days
Strophe Five
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High
for you will go before the Lord
to prepare His ways
Strophe Six
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
by the forgiveness of their sins
by the tender mercy of our God
Strophe Seven
The dawn from on high will break upon us
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death
to guide our feet into the way of peace
Notice that each stiche of strophe 3 contains an illusion to the name of the three protaganists (John, Zechariah and Elizabeth!)
Many thanks to Paul Younan and Andrew Roth for keeping this posted treasure in archive for over seven years. This is Aramaic Primacy and Semitic idiom in it's finest poetic form.
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Stephen Silver
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This is Paul Younan's original post, dated August 13th, 2001.
This is a remarkable find. The choice of words is inspired by the Holy Spirit and was given to Zechariah, the father of John the Immerser.
Paul Younan wrote:
Shlama Akhi Michael,
Zechariah's Canticle is a Semitic poem structured on Semitic rules of poetry, one of which is that poems should be broken out into equal strophes (grouping of verses) of equal stiches (verses).
Here is how Zechariah's Canticle breaks out:
Strophe One
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
for He has looked favorably on his people
and He has redeemed them.
Strophe Two
He has raised up a mighty savior for us in the house of his servant David
as He spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from of old
that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us
Strophe Three
Thus he has shown the mercy (Aramaic - "Khanan" - root of the name 'Yukhanan' (John)) promised to our ancestors
and has remembered (Hebrew - "Zachar", root of the name Zechariah) his holy covenant
the oath (Hebrew - "Shaba", root of the name Elishaba (Elizabeth)) that he swore to our ancestor Abraham
Strophe Four
to grant us that we
being rescued from the hands of our enemies
might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days
Strophe Five
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High
for you will go before the Lord
to prepare His ways
Strophe Six
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
by the forgiveness of their sins
by the tender mercy of our God
Strophe Seven
The dawn from on high will break upon us
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death
to guide our feet into the way of peace
Notice that each stiche of strophe 3 contains an illusion to the name of the three protaganists (John, Zechariah and Elizabeth!)
Many thanks to Paul Younan and Andrew Roth for keeping this posted treasure in archive for over seven years. This is Aramaic Primacy and Semitic idiom in it's finest poetic form.
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Stephen Silver
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