02-04-2004, 11:01 AM
Judaism has nothing to do with Paul and Jesus. Ask Moses if he was a member of Judaism...
""May I also note that in the above discussion a distinction is failed to be made between the importance of Aramaic to the Jews and the holiness of the language.""
Well, the OT was written in Hebrew and Aramaic. The Talmud was written in Aramaic as are many other "Churchish" works. Even to this day, that the Israelites have taken Hebrew back, Aramaic is still common in traditions such as the bar mitzvah.
Zorban is my pathetic attempt to create a word out of one that existed... Zorba is the name we give to the translators of original Aramaic to Greek. Zorban is what I call a person who believes in Greek primacy. Zorba and the Zorbans <!-- s
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""May I also note that in the above discussion a distinction is failed to be made between the importance of Aramaic to the Jews and the holiness of the language.""
Well, the OT was written in Hebrew and Aramaic. The Talmud was written in Aramaic as are many other "Churchish" works. Even to this day, that the Israelites have taken Hebrew back, Aramaic is still common in traditions such as the bar mitzvah.
Zorban is my pathetic attempt to create a word out of one that existed... Zorba is the name we give to the translators of original Aramaic to Greek. Zorban is what I call a person who believes in Greek primacy. Zorba and the Zorbans <!-- s
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