Teach Yourself Aramaic Free PDF book (1981) by Mar Aprem

According to the book of Genesis, Jacob's uncle Laban spoke Aramaic: we may judge this not only from his title ''the Aramean” but from the name Jegar Saha- dutha which he gave to the place known in Hebrew as Gilead (Genesis 31:47). At a later time, Aramaic became the official language of the vast Persian empire, of which Hebrew-speaking Palestine formed only a small part. The Old Testament books of Daniel and Ezra reflect this fact and large parts of them were also originally written in Aramaic. Since 1947, with the discovery, and publicati¬ on of the Dead Sea Scrolls, evidence has become abundant that Aramaic was still the dominant language in Palestine in Jesus' day.Few scholars would question that Jesus spoke mainly in Aramaic, though no one could say he did not use Greek or Hebrew as well.FOREWORD By Dr. J. F. Coakley ... 6INTRODUCTION 91. Alphabets -2. Vowels, numbers, days of week, months 143. Rukakha & Qushaya B G D K P T ... 224. Prepositions BD 0 L, Vocabulary .. 275. Pronouns ••• -6. Big Points ••• 307. Seven "I am''s from John's Gospel ... 438. Verbs •••-9. Nouns ••• 5210. Titles of the New Testament ... 6211. Beatitudes, Matthew 5:3-13 ... 6 412. Lord's Prayer. Matthew 6: 9-14 ... 6713. Names of Apostles, Prophets, etc. ... 7014. Seven Sayings from the Cross ... 72Last Command of our Risen Lord(Matthew 28:18-20)15. Luke 21:8-28. Warning of Jesus on the last days 7516- John 17. Prayer of Jesus to the Father 8017. Mark 9:39-50 ••• 8618. Selected Idioms from Four Gospels ... 8919. Memorial Song of St Mary ... 10220. Vocabulary •••Errata •••-