I cannot, as yet, speak to the authenticity or quality of this article and the book to which it refers.
However, if there is any substance to this claim that the koran should be interpreted from the Aramaic instead of Arabic...and if the interpretations provided by this author are indeed true, it should make for a very interesting discussion among muslims.
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To: Dark Skies
Sounds like a muzzie version of a Da Vinci Code plot.
To: Dark Skies
I don't think you're going to convince the Fundamentalists of this.
3 posted on
05/19/2006 12:20:36 PM PDT by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
To: Dark Skies
To: Dark Skies
I'd be very careful with accepting this too, but if so it's interesting. Heck, we have the same problem just between King James' formal english and modern english.
Awful, terrible, awesome, wondrous...
Let, allowed, permitted, commanded...
6 posted on
05/19/2006 12:22:42 PM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Dark Skies
9 posted on
05/19/2006 12:23:34 PM PDT by
No.6
(www.fourthfightergroup.com)
To: Dark Skies
I wonder if Ian McKellen thinks it should be labeled as fiction?
-PJ
To: Dark Skies
The biggest irony of all is that the people in this world who are the most familiar with the Aramaic language are Jewish religious scholars - due to the fact that large parts of the Talmud are written in Aramaic.
It'd be interesting to see a Translation of the Koran into Aramaic, with the Arabic meaning on the facing page, and commentary of what the differences are. Of course, anyone putting out that book would automatically be targetted for death by the "Religion of Peace," but it would be interesting nonetheless.
To: Dark Skies
I can here a collective "Woopsie" from all the nut job extremists over this story....
To: Dark Skies
"Aramaic is not only the dominant language of the Quran; it is the language of the Quran, without which the Quran can never be understood. Every single verse of Quran is written in the Aramaic language. "
Gosh. Every and Muslim scholar and average joe thought they were reading something in Arabic and were wrong?
The good news is they can now realize they are bilingual!
The bad news is there will be no more Mel Gibson movies in Aramaic to get bit parts in.
18 posted on
05/19/2006 12:29:13 PM PDT by
Shermy
(Ronald Reagan was man enough to call an Amnesty an Amnesty.)
To: Dark Skies
And in the fundamentalist Muslim world, there is a blue light special on fatwas against one, Gabriel Sawma.
19 posted on
05/19/2006 12:30:08 PM PDT by
Sergio
(If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
To: Dark Skies
However, if there is any substance to this claim that the koran should be interpreted from the Aramaic instead of Arabic...and if the interpretations provided by this author are indeed true, it should make for a very interesting discussion among muslims.
Thats a big if.
I have seen a similar thing with English translations of Scripture. In fact I can think of three instances in the New Testament where the understanding of a passage can be can be altered and or significantly improved by an understanding of the Greek.
20 posted on
05/19/2006 12:30:50 PM PDT by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes right)
To: Dark Skies
They should have re-translated it before the dog ate it; this is the sorriest propostion I have ever read.
21 posted on
05/19/2006 12:31:02 PM PDT by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Dark Skies
This guy had better start hiding out or the fanatics will send him to meet with Allah...
24 posted on
05/19/2006 12:34:00 PM PDT by
Syntyr
(Food for the NSA Line Eater -> "terrorist" "bomb" "plot" "kill" "overthrow" "coup de tas")
To: Dark Skies
Hope he's hired bodyguards.
To: Dark Skies
I wonder what differences would be revealed with a direct translation of the Bible from Aramaic?
26 posted on
05/19/2006 12:36:10 PM PDT by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
To: Dark Skies
Well, who ever wrote this article better go into hiding.
To: Dark Skies
The only way the queeranus should be read and interpreted is through a hogs intestine!
31 posted on
05/19/2006 12:58:26 PM PDT by
rawcatslyentist
(I'd rather be carrying a shotgun with Dick, than riding shotgun with a Kennedyl!)
To: Dark Skies
Muslim commentators state that there are virgin women in heaven with sexy eyes waiting for men who engage in Jihad. The Aramaic language of the Quran does not imply that at all. The Quranic verse says: there is water and white raisins.
Water and white raisins ?
WOW !!
To: Dark Skies
However, if there is any substance to this claim that the koran should be interpreted from the Aramaic instead of Arabic...and if the interpretations provided by this author are indeed true, it should make for a very interesting discussion among muslims.****************
I have to say I am sceptical about the muslim world's possible response to this.
38 posted on
05/19/2006 1:52:38 PM PDT by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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39 posted on
05/19/2006 1:54:04 PM PDT by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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