Classical Aramaic: Book 1

Dr. Errico and Fr. Bazzi take the beginning student through the early stages of instruction in the classical Aramaic language. The book is part workbook, part textbook, as the authors introduce the reader to the Aramaic alphabet; along the way, they discuss the meaning and shapes of the letters and the proper techniques for writing them.

Rocco A. Errico, Th.D., D.D., is an ordained minister, author and lecturer and one of the nation's leading biblical scholars working from the original Aramaic texts. Dr. 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. Ephrem's Institute in Sweden, and a doctorate in Philosophy from the School of Christianity in Los Angeles. For ten years he studied intensively with Dr. George M. Lamsa, world-renowned native Assyrian scholar of the Scriptures. In 1970 Dr. 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.

The Rev. Fr. Michael J. Bazzi, L.S.T., pastor of St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church of San Diego, Aramaic instructor for Cuyamaca College, El Cajon, both in California, is also an author, teacher, linguist, translator, Bible authority, and pastoral counselor. He was born in Telkepe, a suburb of ancient Nineveh and has been in the United States since 1974.