Aramaic Words Translation, Mark 1

[SteveCaruso]

Based on your comments and the general direction of your statements on the forum over the last number of months, it has seemed to me you want to do just that, if you can, hoping to get more people to think like you do about it. I really hope I'm wrong about that though. I want to think the best of your intentions, but, I don't know, Steve.

Is is no secret or hidden knowledge that I am a former Peshitta Primacist (and that Paul tolerates my presence here because he and I have history, mutual respect, and I do my best to be polite). It's also no secret that I ascribe (and contribute) to conventional scholarship. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->

It's furthermore important to note that I don't to pursue or seek after people to "convert them away" from Peshitta Primacy. I occasionally point out and articulate my problems with the position (and I indeed have a page on AramaicNT.org dedicated to some of those problems) but Episcopalians simply do not plot theological coups. Those problems are far from the focus of my work. They're the incidental, bycatch of my efforts.

I shared this out of the wish to share common interests in the Aramaic language vis a vis the New Testament. There has been discussion in the past week about manuscript alignment and I had mentioned what I've been working on, so this was only a natural update.

So, don't think of me as this --> <!-- sly: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/sly.gif" alt="ly:" title="Sly" /><!-- sly: --> simply because I do not afford the same status that you do to the Peshitta. I'm here because I enjoy to be here ( <!-- satisfied: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/satisfied.gif" alt="atisfied:" title="Satisfied" /><!-- satisfied: --> <--- like this ).

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