can be found at All Things Aramaic, a website devoted to trying to prove the unusual teachings that the Aramaic Peshitta was the original New Testament. The website is run by an anonymous fellow who goes about leaving comments on blogs, labeled ‘Aramaic scholar.’ The self-labeled scholar speaks with the assumption that no reasonable person would disagree and suggest that pretty much every scholar’s agreement is right and that an anonymous internet figure might be wrong. Furthermore, every comment left contains a link to a site which provides superficial so-called proofs that logic can easily dispell, while at the same time peddling projects, advertising unrelated things, asking for donations and trying to get your email address.
A pity this sort of stuff gets mixed in with the people who are trying to have genuine conversation about interesting topics. The anonymous Aramaic is welcome to continue commenting on this blog, but should know that any comment that contains a link back to that website will be responded to by a link to this post.
Note to others: if you have opinions I think are silly, I’m not going to denounce you on my website. I’ll only do that if you insist on plastering your silliness about on my blog.
A Perfect Example of How Biblical Scholarship Should Not be Done
can be found at All Things Aramaic, a website devoted to trying to prove the unusual teachings that the Aramaic Peshitta was the original New Testament. The website is run by an anonymous fellow who goes about leaving comments on blogs, labeled ‘Aramaic scholar.’ The self-labeled scholar speaks with the assumption that no reasonable person would disagree and suggest that pretty much every scholar’s agreement is right and that an anonymous internet figure might be wrong. Furthermore, every comment left contains a link to a site which provides superficial so-called proofs that logic can easily dispell, while at the same time peddling projects, advertising unrelated things, asking for donations and trying to get your email address.
A pity this sort of stuff gets mixed in with the people who are trying to have genuine conversation about interesting topics. The anonymous Aramaic is welcome to continue commenting on this blog, but should know that any comment that contains a link back to that website will be responded to by a link to this post.
Note to others: if you have opinions I think are silly, I’m not going to denounce you on my website. I’ll only do that if you insist on plastering your silliness about on my blog.
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