The text translated is the 6th or 7th century Codex Ambrosianus- the oldest complete Semitic Old Testament extant. This volume contains the Minor Prophets: Hosea through Malachi (the last 12 books of the Old testament). Aramaic was the native language of Jesus and of Israel in the 1st century AD.

This is a literal word for word interlinear translation of the 1900+ year old Aramaic Old Testament called the Peshitta. The Aramaic English Interlinear Peshitta Old Testament The Minor Prophets 389 pages 8 x 11' paperback in Large Print.

This New Testament will surprise and thrill the reader with its power and inspiration coming from the words of 'Yeshua' ('Jesus' in ancient Aramaic) as He originally spoke them, in a literal and readable English rendering. Aramaic was used in Mel Gibson's film 'The Passion of the Christ' to make the film as realistic and accurate as possible. This translation is derived from the author's Aramaic-English Interlinear New Testament and The Psalms & Proverbs interlinear. Aramaic was the language of the Jews in Israel, the Middle East and in Europe from the 6th century BC and afterward until the Muslim conquests of the 7th century AD. A translation of the Psalms & Proverbs from the ancient Peshitta OT Version is included at the end. This is a translation (8th edition-2013) of The Aramaic New Testament (Aramaic was the language of Jesus and his countrymen of 1st century Israel) in a literal English prose translation of The Peshitta New Testament. The First Century Aramaic Bible In Plain English The Major Prophets Isaiah To Daniel It even appears in a verse of Genesis 31 and one verse in Jeremiah 10:11. Some of the original Old Testament is Aramaic, such as Daniel chapters 2 through 7 inclusive, and Ezra 4 through much of 7. As such, it gives an early look at the state of the Hebrew Bible at that time, since Aramaic and Hebrew are sister Semitic languages and about as close to each other as any two languages can be, sharing the same alphabet, writing, grammar, much vocabulary and even similar pronunciation of many words. No Peshitta scholar places the Peshitta OT later than the 2nd century AD. The Peshitta Old Testament is itself a translation of the Hebrew Bible completed in the 1st century AD, according to the available evidence. The Peshitta Bible is the world's first entire Christian Bible. Aramaic was the language of Jesus and of 1st century Israel. This is a prose English and very literal translation of the first five books of the Old Testament (The Torah).

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