The language of Jesus and Abraham is shared by only about 400,000 Arab Christians and 20,000 Jews today. Yona Tzabar, who teaches Semitic languages at UCLA, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that Aramaic may disappear completely within four decades. "This is a world plague," he said. But many are working for preservation. Syria, for example, is giving incentives to residents of a Christian village to learn and speak the language. The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities is funding a Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon. But the biggest boost may come from Hollywood: Mel Gibson is planning a film of Christ's Passion that will use only Aramaic and Greek—with no subtitles.
“He Gets Us,” an effort to attract skeptics and cultural Christians, launches nationally this month. But Christians still have questions about how the church markets faith.
In the century since the arrival of Protestant missionaries, the church has been wiped out by genocide and forced to rebuild. Now “it’s time for the gospel to shine.”
“He Gets Us,” an effort to attract skeptics and cultural Christians, launches nationally this month. But Christians still have questions about how the church markets faith.
Ralph Ellison’s novel depicts the quest for personal dignity in a society determined to deny it.
In the century since the arrival of Protestant missionaries, the church has been wiped out by genocide and forced to rebuild. Now “it’s time for the gospel to shine.”
Looking to the monarchy can show us the pitfalls of prideful politics.
