With its blend of scholarship and humor, the book appeals to a variety of students. How can I tell if a Bible verse is literal or figurative? Whats the difference between metaphor and metonymy? How can I understand a parable? And whats the function of figurative language anyway? Go Figure! An Introduction to Figures of Speech in the Bible answers these and other questions about figurative language used in Scripture. There are many graphics and even photos from Dead Sea Scrolls to illustrate an Aramaic verse and how a reading was interpreted by a Greek translating the text.620 pages.B&W Hardback 6x9'.Pastor Dave is a former high school science teacher with a proficiency in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic and has been preaching & teaching The Bible since 1976 in several churches in the USA. Much evidence is presented demonstrating very powerfully that The Peshitta Aramaic NT is the original behind The Greek NT. 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 and a very literal English rendering. Aramaic was used in Mel Gibson's film 'The Passion of the Christ' to make the film as realistic as possible. This is The New Testament in the language of Jesus and his countrymen of 1st century Israel, with a word for word translation into English next to each Aramaic word.

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.

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