Chaldeans and Assyrians in the Middle Ages
I’ve been looking for a new translation project to kill the torturous months between sending in a book and getting to see it in print. During this adventure, I translated a big chunk of the philosophical works of someone named John Bar Zo’bi before I found out other scholars were working on him already. Live […]
Chaldean Language Resources
A big part of my life has been working to preserve Chaldean, a dialect of Neo-Aramaic. This has taken the form of teaching, writing instructional materials, and now, finally, recording online lectures. Here’s what I have so far: Introductory Chaldean book, available here. Introductory Chaldean lectures by the wonderful Fr. Daniel Shaba, available here. Chaldean […]
Bring it on, Satan
Matthew 3:16-4:11 And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him; and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” Then Jesus […]