Teaching Aramaic (via Sheffield Biblical Studies)

Give it a read. An interesting piece for a cold winter afternoon. Or anytime really. It just so happens that it’s a cold winter afternoon.

From the Guardian: It is the language that Christ spoke, but is regarded as "endangered" with ever fewer scattered groups of native speakers. But in Oxford, Aramaic has been flourishing again, with a course in the ancient language drawing people from as far afield as Liverpool and London. There are now 56 people learning Aramaic at the university, including three classics professors, solemnly completing their weekly homework tasks and regularly a … Read More

via Sheffield Biblical Studies