The Birth of Christ - Lecture (1)
Fri, Dec 20
|Zoom - 12:00 PM - ET
When Christians look at a biblical text today, they typically look at it from a Greco-Roman-Western worldview that has dominated the church for many centuries. From A Greek Mindset - That is good in many aspects. But it is only one point of view, the Standard point of view of the west.
Time & Location
Dec 20, 2024, 7:00 PM GMT+2
Zoom - 12:00 PM - ET
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About the event
Lecture 1: The Birth of Christ in the Aramaic-Syriac Tradition
Content Focus: Start 11:00 AM ET
The linguistic insights from the Aramaic-Syriac words for "birth," "manger," and "Bethlehem" (e.g., Beit Lehem meaning "House of Bread").
Exploration of the Nativity story in the Peshitta (the Syriac version of the Bible).
Cultural perspectives on childbirth in first-century Judea.
Insights into the symbolism of the cave or stable and its deeper theological meanings.g both your Western perspective, and you need to learn the Middle Eastern point of view, together. Having both mindsets will genuinely help you understand scripture. The two viewpoints—Western and Middle Eastern—can and should coexist