Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Ma'loula

My "brother" (no blood relation but with the number of coincidences in our lives, we've decided to create a  faux fraternal relationship) sent me an article on a scholar who is trying to document Aramaic, the language of Christ, which is still spoken in the village of Ma'loula in Syria.

It brought back memories of walking those ancient, dusty streets in 2001 with friends who are never out of my thoughts (or off my worry list) these days. 

The village is on a sandy hillside and is home to about 2,000 people or at least it was before the conflict started.
  
As a history buff there was something wonderful about hearing words that were spoken over 2,000 years ago. It didn't take much imagination to picture it as it was then until I saw a sign written exactly like this.

"Sandwiches for sale"

Somehow, I just couldn't picture any Biblical figure walking to the stand and ordering a cheese sandwich, but then again, maybe I'm wrong. People have eaten throughout time.




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