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If you want to learn Aramaic and find out for yourself what all the buzz and excitement is about, you've come to the right place! Aramaic is revolutionizing and transforming the study of the Old and New Testaments. Don't let this incredible opportunity pass you by!

Aramaic was the language of the Assyrian and Babylonian empires, and became the dominant language amongst Jews after the Babylonian exile. It is Judaism's second Holy Language, alongside Hebrew. Aramaic was spoken by the patriarchs and matriarchs (Deu. 26:5), and is used in the Hebrew Bible – in the Torah (Gen. 31:47), the Prophets (Jer. 10:11) and the Writings (Dan. 2:4b-7:28; Ezra 4:8-6:18; 7:12-26). Aramaic is the primary language of the Talmud, of the Zohar, and has been used in Jewish prayers for centuries. It is a rich, rewarding, dynamic language that is fun to learn.

But Aramaic was also the language spoken by Jesus and the disciples. It was spoken throughout Mel Gibson's blockbuster film, The Passion of The Christ. (If you think Jesus and other Jews in 1st century Israel spoke Greek, you DEFINITELY need this website!!). Aramaic is the language of the Peshitta New Testament, as well as the Aramaic Targums and the Peshitta Tanakh (the Aramaic Old Testament).

This website provides solid, indisputable, undeniable proof of the following facts, and reasons why you should investigate further:

  • Jews in Israel, including Jesus and the disciples, spoke ARAMAIC, not Greek. Aramaic was more widely spoken than (even) Hebrew.
  • Far from SPEAKING Greek, Jews battled AGAINST pagan Greek influences, Greek culture and the Greek language itself.
  • The Aramaic Peshitta New Testament provides indisputable evidence of being the inspired Word of God, and every book provides undeniable proof of Divine authorship – through Bible codes, poetry, puns, double (even triple) plays on words, and more! We will examine some of these here...
  • Without the Aramaic Peshitta, you will either MISUNDERSTAND critical passages in the New Testament, or completely MISS OUT on the full impact and meaning of innumerable passages.
  • Without a knowledge of the Aramaic Peshitta, you will never fully see the inspired beauty and timeless wonder behind the parables and many other passages. You will miss out on the very Aramaic words and phrases spoken by Jesus and the disciples!

Find out what you are missing with the extensive library of video Lessons and other Resources which we provide.

A solid (Biblical) understanding of the Old and New Testaments is essential to salvation. You owe it to yourself to discover more about the Aramaic background and origins of the New Testament (in particular).

If you are interested in Aramaic and the Holy Bible, you NEED this website! If you are still sceptical, you OWE IT TO YOURSELF to investigate... Don't be afraid to challenge your current beliefs. If you are truly seeking the Truth, then the sooner you investigate the better. If what you believe is true, then the Truth will set you free. If what you believe is false, then the sooner you find out, the better!

Let this website be your guide and compass as you investigate the fascinating world of Aramaic and get back to authentic Biblical foundations. While we offer many free Lessons to get you started and to whet your appetite, you will need to subscribe immediately to benefit most from your journey into the world of Aramaic.

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Subscribing will give you:

  • Unrestricted access to ALL our Lessons and Resources, including over a dozen PDF books! (See the full list below, showing exactly what we provide!)
  • Relax and enjoy yourself, while you watch our dynamic, interesting, audio-video Lessons, giving you an exciting, fun and vibrant way to learn about Aramaic down through the centuries...
  • Introductory Lessons on the History and Background of Aramaic, to help you understand the significance and importance of Aramaic and the Aramaic Peshitta.
  • Check out our beginner and intermediate Lessons and Resources to help you learn Aramaic, beginning with the Aramaic alphabet (in 'Hebrew' Ashuri letters, Estrangela letters, Serta letters, with Swadaya letters to follow soon!) and progressing onwards to common Aramaic words and phrases, through nouns and verbs, to reading the Aramaic Peshitta itself. (The full planned set of Lessons are still being developed, but we add new Lessons on a regular basis. That's why you need to subscribe for as many months as you possibly can!).
  • Walk through the Aramaic Alphabet literally letter by letter, in all the above scripts, with exciting videos showing you how to write each letter, plus pronounce it, and learn the key facts about each letter!
  • We make regular fascinating comparisons between Aramaic and Hebrew, so if you know any Hebrew, you can leverage that to learn Aramaic even faster!
  • For intermediate to advanced students, we provide numerous additional Resources, with more being added regularly, that will further your understanding of Aramaic and be your guide as you knowledge increases.
  • Take part in our interactive lessons, where you can discuss the Lessons and Resources in a community of like-minded students who are also interested in Aramaic, and have your questions answered.
  • Participate in our online quizzes, to test your growing understanding of Aramaic.

Subscribing gives you access to ALL the new Lessons and Resources which we are regularly adding to over time. The longer you subscribe for, the more you will learn!

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Subscribing TODAY will give you FULL and UNRESTRICTED access to ALL the following Lessons and Resources (literally years and years of research, all available for download or accessing online!)

  • Unearth the long and fascinating Biblical history of Aramaic.
  • Discover what the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) says about Aramaic. We talk about the patriarchs, the influence of Aramaic, the Babylonian exile, and much more!
  • Find out the remarkable story of what Josephus REALLY said about Aramaic and Greek. Which language was spoken in New Testament times? We give you the inside facts...
  • We reveal what the New Testament ITSELF says about the language it was written in. This will SHOCK some people!
  • Find out for yourself what language was spoken in Israel in the centuries before and after Jesus. This may surprise you!
  • We sift through the writings of the Church Fathers to tell you the startling facts about what these early historians said about Aramaic! Most of the Christian world is unaware of the REAL truth.
  • Uncover the shocking truth about what Palestinian Jews REALLY thought about Greek culture, Greek language, and the Greek Septuagint!
  • We give you the inside scoop on just how far afield the disciples went into the Aramaic world, spreading the Aramaic Peshitta writings directly to early believers who would become the Church of the East, who faithfully preserved these writings INTACT through the centuries down to the present day. It is a secret story that is almost completely unknown in the West today. We reveal EVERYTHING!
  • We reveal shocking facts about why the Hebrew Bible and the Aramaic Peshitta are largely ignored in the academic and Christian worlds, and why the promotion of Greek has taken a life of its own. For almost 2000 years, the Aramaic Peshitta was revered universally by East and West alike, until the turn of last century. Then it all changed... Would you like to know why? *
  • We tell you the (less than amazing) facts about the Old Syriac Gospels and other challengers to the Aramaic Peshitta, including DuTillet's Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, Munster's, and the Diatessaron. Which one(s) are worthy of SERIOUS study?
  • Discover why (and how) Hebrew and Aramaic are sister languages, inter-linking together down through the millennia. Why were the Scriptures revealed in BOTH these Holy Languages?
  • Watch our exciting videos showing example after example of why the Aramaic Peshitta MUST be the original inspired Word of God – with Bible codes, hidden messages, poetry, puns, plays on words, and much more. Do translations have any of those features? Find out here!
  • Work your way through our incredible Aramaic Study Guides, including our Study Guide to The Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6. No matter what your level of knowledge, these set of Study Guides will be useful.
  • Uncover the excitement of learning Aramaic for yourself! Our Lessons will gently guide you through the solid foundations that you need. Our video Lessons will literally teach you the Aramaic alphabet step-by-step and letter-by-letter, and show you to write Aramaic. We will teach you important Aramaic words and phrases and much, much more.

Let your journey into the exciting and dramatic world of Aramaic begin here!

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As well as all the above Lessons, to help your study of Aramaic, we will give you full, unrestricted access to the following entire PDF books (each took literally hundreds of hours to prepare):

  • Our high-quality, 233-page, newly typeset edition of the Aramaic Peshitta New Testament, in Hebrew (Ashuri) letters, with vowels, as taught in our lessons. This one book, alone, is worth the cost of subscribing, let alone everything else we provide!
  • Our newly typeset edition of Murdock's (classic) English Translation of the Aramaic (Syriac) Peshitto (395 pages!).
  • Our classic PDF book, Comparison between the Aramaic Peshitta, the Greek Gospels, and the 'Old Syriac' Curetonian and Sinaiticus Manuscripts (a colossal 769 pages!). This will reveal for good and all, which ones are full of errors, and which one is the inspired Word of God.

But wait! We're not finished yet! If you subscribe TODAY, we'll give you full unrestricted access to the following Bonus Resources... (We don't even know how much longer we can continue to provide these fabulous Resources to subscribers for free! Each Resource represents hundreds of hours of work, and is a gold-mine in its own right!)

 

BONUS #1

Don't think we have forgotten the importance of Hebrew! By popular request, we have made available our high-quality, newly typeset full-colour 606-page PDF Edition of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). This features color markings for verse and chapter divisions, and Ketiv and Qere markers in color. This is the nicest and most beautiful way to read the Tanakh on a computer! Don't forget that sections of Daniel and Ezra are in Aramaic... You will soon be reading them in this beautiful PDF.

PLUS!! We believe in protecting your digital investment... EVERY SINGLE ONE of our PDFs are unlocked, unrestricted, unencrypted, do not need passwords, can be copied to as many devices as you want, and can be read on any device that can read PDFs – including PCs, Laptops, NetBooks, Tablets, Macs, iPads, iPhones, even Android devices!

 

BONUS #2

A specially typeset PDF edition (with 606 pages) of the Hebrew Bible without vowels (nikud) or accents (teamim), with a nice clean text (letters only) to let you practice reading Hebrew and Aramaic, and see how well you REALLY know the Hebrew text!

 

BONUS #3

Our awesome specialist edition of the Hebrew Bible, a PDF edition (with 606 pages) in Rashi script. This is a masterpiece, and totally unique. You won't find it anywhere else on the Internet (unless they copied it from us!)

 

BONUS #4

Our extraordinary collection of RARE and OUT OF PRINT books (in PDF format) which, in addition to all our other Lessons and Resources, will provide you with everything you need to grow and expand your knowledge of Aramaic. Here is the list of what we provide (and we are likely to add more over time).

  • Old Syriac Palimpsest, a classic edition of the 'Old Syriac' Gospels, which you can compare with the Aramaic Peshitta. (Actually, there is no comparison, as you will soon discover!)
  • The classic Clavis Syriaca (1000 pages). This is truly The Key to Syriac. A stupendous work.
  • Noldeke's Compendious Syriac Grammar (360 pages). (Syriac is the dialect of Aramaic used in the Peshitta).
  • Jennings' Lexicon to the Peshitta. This lexicon contains literally every word in the Aramaic Peshitta.
  • Nestle's Syriac Grammar, a superb introductory grammar of Syriac!
  • Payne-Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary, an immense and invaluable tome on Syriac through the centuries...
  • The Elements of Syriac Grammar, another superb introductory Syriac grammar.
  • Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Targumim, with every word in the Aramaic Targums along with an explanation.
  • Riggs, Manual of the Chaldee Language - the perfect grammar for learning Biblical Aramaic!

This incredible bundle gives you a complete set of everything you need to learn Aramaic down through the centuries - grammars, lexicons and dictionaries for Biblical Aramaic, the Targums, and Syriac (for the Peshitta Old Testament and the Peshitta New Testament)!

When you subscribe, you will get full unrestricted access to EVERY SINGLE ONE of the above Lessons, Resources, Bonus Books and Bonus Lessons. All yours for the taking...

But that's not all! Subscribing lets you take full advantage of our awesome interactive forums. Here's what you'll get:

  • You will be given your own unique Logon ID, allowing you to take part in our forums (interactive discussions) for each and every individual Lesson and Resource. Many people think this is the most exciting part of this whole Aramaic website!
  • You can take part in our interactive quizzes, and check your understanding of our Lessons.
  • You can take part in our upcoming polls, and find out even more about Aramaic. Find out what other people think!

This website provides you with a truly unique and exciting opportunity to further your knowledge of Aramaic, and get back to true and authentic Biblical roots.

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Finally, don't forget to check out our very generous Refund Policy. You have nothing to lose when you subscribe! So get started TODAY on your journey into the fascinating world of Aramaic!

 

* These lessons are in progress, but will be coming soon!!