06-16-2004, 02:30 AM
Akhi Paul, what a wonderful idea and a powerful teaching tool! By all means, if it is not inconvenient, you should try it for all the Gospels. It is a great way for newcomers to very quickly get a feel for Aramaic pronunciation.
As for someone with a better voice doing it, I don't know about that. You sound terrific, and of course I doubt if others (excepting perhaps Akhan Dean) could give the Aramaic the proper accent. We need a native Aramaic speaker to do this gig--COE style. The only person I have ever heard who sounds better than you is your priest --WOW--talk about pure Aramaic!--and I have a feeling he is kind of busy. So who else other than you?
As for someone with a better voice doing it, I don't know about that. You sound terrific, and of course I doubt if others (excepting perhaps Akhan Dean) could give the Aramaic the proper accent. We need a native Aramaic speaker to do this gig--COE style. The only person I have ever heard who sounds better than you is your priest --WOW--talk about pure Aramaic!--and I have a feeling he is kind of busy. So who else other than you?
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Andrew Gabriel Roth
Andrew Gabriel Roth