I find this interesting:
THE WORD FOR PRAYER IN ARAMAIC (The common language spoken in Jesus' time) is SALAH (an Arabic word). In ancient times, Aram was the general name for Syria.

THE CURSE OF TRIBALISM
In Jesus' day Syria was made up of many many tribes--a much larger area than it is today. Abraham, son of Terah, was really a tribal leader. He came from the area which, today we call Iran.

The Bible refers to Abraham (father of a people) as a wandering Aramaean. With the curse of tribalism, no wonder there is so much conflict in that part of the world, today. The tribalism of the Middle East broke the heart of the famous D.H. Lawrence.

Salah, does not mean to beg and ask a reluctant G~0~D. It simply means to connect with, to tune in (think of tuning in to a radio, a computer and the like).

THE COMMON WORD IN Hebrew is tfeelah. Like SALAH, it has a broader meaning than the English word "prayer". It includes any communication with G~0~D--all that is good, orderly and desirable--including melodies without words.

Note: Hebrew writing, like Arabic, reads from right to left. What we call the last page of a book, is, in Hebrew, the first page.

BTW, THE BASIC TEACHINGS OF JESUS:
G~0~D IS THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS AND PEOPLE~~ESPECIALLY THE IDEA THAT WE OUGHT TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES, NOT JUST OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WAS WHAT BROKE THE HOLD OF TRIBALISM.

Jesus also went up against the organized religions of his day. He rejected the TEMPTATIONS to be the King. the Messiah, the High Priest. Read Luke 4.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_of_Jesus


Last edited by Revlgking; 04/13/12 06:34 AM.
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