12-30-2014, 08:01 PM
Magiera?s interlinear and lexicon serve as great study guides, very reliable for students of the Peshitto. Use them diligently and you might just learn more about the messiah?s Aramaic words in one week than some bible PhDs learn in a lifetime (though they could say the same thing about what they?re learning <!-- s
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That?s actually a clever commentary Magiera made in her introduction, to say Constantinople was the capital of Babylon in the 3rd and 4th centuries ? you see, at that particular time Constantinople was popularly called the ?second Rome?. Whether correct or not, the commentary doesn?t impact her study guides imho.
I think the most important thing for new students to appreciate is that mankind?s written history is filled with worldly perspectives and ambitions (partial truths). Words too, they inherently have multiple meanings and translations. So bible students get to discuss their different perspectives until their hairs turn gray; some speak and write so well they earn the title ?scholar?. Enjoy the journey, the diversity; and remember the only truth you?ll ever find is the messiah. As children, even when we don?t ultimately know an answer (which is always), if we follow the messiah then we know we?re on the right path. I think we just learn to hear his voice in whatever method is given to our hearts to hear.
If your study buddy isn?t harmonizing well, open up some new spaces where the good fruit grows.
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I think the most important thing for new students to appreciate is that mankind?s written history is filled with worldly perspectives and ambitions (partial truths). Words too, they inherently have multiple meanings and translations. So bible students get to discuss their different perspectives until their hairs turn gray; some speak and write so well they earn the title ?scholar?. Enjoy the journey, the diversity; and remember the only truth you?ll ever find is the messiah. As children, even when we don?t ultimately know an answer (which is always), if we follow the messiah then we know we?re on the right path. I think we just learn to hear his voice in whatever method is given to our hearts to hear.
If your study buddy isn?t harmonizing well, open up some new spaces where the good fruit grows.