Aramaic Old Testament
One million Assyrian Aramaic people have lived in Eurasia for thousands of years, and their Christian heritage stretches back to the time of the New Testament. Today, many of the estimated one million speakers still live in their ancient homelands. But persecution and economic and political pressures have scattered many others to various countries around the world, including the United States. For several centuries, the Aramaic language communities have been without God’s Word in a readable written form, though many people still revere the historical translation as the symbol of their identity. However, the Assyrian Aramaic New Testament was published in 2002, and translators are working on the Old Testament today.
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New translator Demsin completed Joshua, Ruth and Esther in draft form. Pray that the Lord will empower Demsin and the whole team as they serve in this pivotal Assyrian Aramaic translation ministry.
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Meanwhile, consultant Randy carries on with his exegetical check of Homer’s first revision of Exodus. Praise God for the Aramaic team’s good progress on the OT translation.
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Kris is using the Paratext editing computer program to make back-translations. This resource is also helping her build proficiency in reading Assyrian. Thank the Lord for helpful technology tools.
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Homer continues revising the Aramaic NT in preparation to reprint it, since the first printing sold out quickly. Praise God that the Aramaic NT revision is very near completion.