Aramaic Light on the Gospel of John, like its predecessors Aramaic Light on the Gospel of Matthew and Aramaic Light on the Gospels of Mark and Luke, carries you back into the Near Eastern, Semitic times of Jesus of Nazareth.
After arriving in the United States, he devoted his life to translating the Holy Bible from the Ancient Eastern Text and also authored numerous biblical commentaries..
Lamsa\'s formal education began under the priests and deacons of the ancient Church of the East and he later graduated with the highest honors ever bestowed from the Archbishop of Canterbury\'s Colleges in Iran and Turkey.
Dr.
His native tongue was full of similar idioms and parables, untouched by the outside world in 1900 years. (1892-1975) was born in a civilization with customs, manners and language almost identical to those in the time of Jesus.
LAMSA, Th.
D.
GEORGE M.
Errico established the Noohra Foundation, which is dedicated to helping people of all faiths to understand the Near Eastern background and Aramaic interpretation of the Bible.
In 1970 Dr.
Lamsa, world-renowned native Assyrian scholar of the Scriptures.
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For ten years he studied intensively with Dr.
Ephrem\'s Institute in Sweden, and a doctorate in Philosophy from the School of Christianity in Los Angeles.
Errico is the recipient of numerous awards and academic degrees, including a doctorate in Letters from the College of Seminarians, The Apostolic Succession of Antioch and the Church of the East-American See, a doctorate in Divinity from St.
Dr.
ERRICO, Ph.
D., D.
D., is an ordained minister, author and lecturer and one of the nations\'s leading biblical scholars working from the original Aramaic texts.
Rocco A.
About the Author: DR.
Errico completed these comments and has added information derived from his continual research in Near Eastern Semitic studies.
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Lamsa died in 1975.
In addition, this book contains unpublished material that the two of them outlined just before Dr.
Lamsa desired.
Errico has edited, expanded and annotated these previous works in the new format that Dr.
Dr.
Lamsa\'s commentaries, Gospel Light, 1936, and More Light on the Gospel, 1968.
This volume is more than a revision of Dr.
Learn the Semitic meanings behind such terms as "the Word," "Light," "Life," "Christ." Understand what Jesus meant when he said "No man comes to the Father except through me" and many other sayings that appear to be sectarian and exclusive.
They bring clarification to many misunderstood passages and sayings of Jesus.
Lamsa\'s research and expertise.
Errico\'s and Dr.
This is the field of Dr.
It offers an understanding of the character and behavior of Near Eastern Semites.
This inimitable commentary acts a Near Eastern guide, revealing to the Western mind a more intimate picture of the socio-religious and psychological environment of the period.
No dull theological seminary textbook, the approach is simple, informative, and scholarly, without using specialized theological terminology.
If you instinctively shy away from "commentaries"-This one will surprise you.
It is unique in that it provides insight into the Aramaic language and Semitic customs of almost two thousand years ago.
Aramaic Light on the Gospel of John, like its predecessors Aramaic Light on the Gospel of Matthew and Aramaic Light on the Gospels of Mark and Luke, carries you back into the Near Eastern, Semitic times of Jesus of Nazareth
