Aramaic Light on the Gospel of John (Aramaic New Testament Series)

This book is like fresh air! Breathe in wisdom and understanding. Clear and lucid are the teachings of Jesus when you find them in his own language, Aramaic. If you like reading about Hidden Gospels, and Lost Books of Christianity, and Wisdom teaching, then this book is a definite must-read. A civilization with customs, manners and language almost identical to those in the time of Jesus with similar idioms and parables, and untouched by the outside world for 1900 years was home to author George M. Lamsa. Only at the beginning of the 20th century did his isolated segment of the once great Assyrian Empire learn of the discovery of America and the Reformation in Germany. Likewise, this early culture of early Christians was unknown to the Western world, and the Aramaic language was thought to be dead. But in this so-called "Cradle of Civilization" in the basin of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, primitive biblical customs and Semitic culture, cut off from the world, were preserved. This book is a treasure chest of gems of new understanding and insight. In John 20:22, we read that Jesus blew his breath on his disciples: "He breathed on them." This means that he encouraged them. It seems that it is a rope, rather than a camel, that has such difficulty going through the eye of a needle. Easy to read and enjoyable and very informative, this book is definitely one you should have in your library.

I LOVE this version of John, it is the direct translation from Aramaic to English. I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone. Beware you might be shocked at how easy this version of the Gospel of John is to understand!!

This book is excellently written by Dr. Rocco Errico and explains clearly the cultural background of Scripture. This helps to make sense out of difficult to understand passages.

OK

Loads of information in this book... eye-opening!

excellent reading.

Well written

Errico worked with Lamsas, as I recall. The Aramaic Light books by Errico are quite interesting as they relate the books of the Gospels, plus Acts, to practices of that culture at that time. My only criticism is that he is hampered by his own modern beliefs and interjects too much of himself in that way.

Seems somebody in the Amazon warehouse had been reading the book. Corners had little dog ears top and bottom. Zechariah 5:3-4 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side. "I will make it go forth," declares the LORD of hosts, "and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones."