Product Description

Dr. Errico and Fr. Bazzi take the beginning student through the early stages of instruction in the classical Aramaic language. The book is part workbook, part textbook, as the authors introduce the reader to the Aramaic alphabet; along the way, they discuss the meaning and shapes of the letters and the proper techniques for writing them.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #698402 in Books
• Published on: 1992-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Richard Leviton, author of The Imagination of Pentacost
A unique and invaluable contribution to the emerging field of Aramaic Bible scholarship and explication.

About the Author
Rocco A. Errico, Th.D., D.D., is an ordained minister, author and lecturer and one of the nation's leading biblical scholars working from the original Aramaic texts. Dr. Errico is the recipient of numerous awards and academic degrees, including a doctorate in Letters from the College of Seminarians, The Apostolic Succession of Antioch and the Church of the East—American See, a doctorate in Divinity from St. Ephrem's Institute in Sweden, and a doctorate in Philosophy from the School of Christianity in Los Angeles. For ten years he studied intensively with Dr. George M. Lamsa, world-renowned native Assyrian scholar of the Scriptures. In 1970 Dr. Errico established the Noohra Foundation, which is dedicated to helping people of all faiths to understand the Near Eastern background and Aramaic interpretation of the Bible.

The Rev. Fr. Michael J. Bazzi, L.S.T., pastor of St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church of San Diego, Aramaic instructor for Cuyamaca College, El Cajon, both in California, is also an author, teacher, linguist, translator, Bible authority, and pastoral counselor. He was born in Telkepe, a suburb of ancient Nineveh and has been in the United States since 1974.

Customer Reviews

Basic approach to Aramaic
If you are curious and want to see what kind of effort would be needed to learn some of the language then this is a good beginning. Other books are meant for some academic course probably in a school of theology but this meant for someone who does not want to be discouraged.

A bit deceiving�
This is a great book for those who wish to study Syriac script. I say that it is deceiving only because the title simply states "Classical Aramaic" and does not hint at what period is involved here (until you buy it of course). This book seems to lump the evolution of Aramaic and its periods together, then making the reader believe that it is spoken today just as it was in "Jesus' time" (which is false). It does outline the periods, but doesn't tell where this book fits in to it all. Great for Syriac script study, but that's about it.

An O.K. book
Pros: This book does a great job of teaching the reader how to write the various syriac/aramaic scripts (Eastern, Estrangelo) and it also includes vocabulary.

Cons: There is very little to no grammar included. It is a good book for beginners, but for the more advanced I would recommend "Introduction to Syriac" by Wheeler M. Thackston.