Friday, May 13, 2005
Pentecost Reading in Ivrit
-R
4 Comments:
I chickened out, arranged to read just the Joel quote...
Then I got inspired so I put together the (including Hebrew).
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Tim Bulkeley, at
10:08 PM
Wow, Tim - that's is a neat project. I listened to it and felt like it had to be close to the original experience in some ways. Good for you, for putting that together. I hope your project goes well for you!
-R
R E Ramcharan - this is a good question, and I'm glad someone asked. On Pentecost, as you know, the Holy Spirit came down and everyone heard Peter's sermon in their own language (xenoglossia). As a way to commemorate that event, my congregation, as well as many others, have people who can read languages other than the dominant language do the Acts 2 reading in those languages. Since I am familiar with Hebrew, that is the reading I will attempt to pull off today. The other languages being read at my congregation today are spanish, french, russian, and greek. Hope that helps, and thanks for stopping by!
-R
Even more to R E Ramcharan's point, the people talking to each other -- right before bursting out into different languages -- were speaking Aramaic about scriptures written in Hebrew. Go figure.
