Jesus spoke Aramaic, the Language of His Time - Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D. - C0572

Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D. is a teacher, scholar, author, and musician, specializing in the native traditions and the translation and interpretation of the ancient Semitic languages of the Middle East—Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic. His scholarship connects religious studies and psychology. He’s past chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of Religion and is active in various international conferences dedicated to peace and spirituality. For more than 40 years he has followed the Sufi path and was a student of the Sufi Murshid Moineddin Jablonski (d.2001) and serves on the advisory board of the International Association of Sufism. His books include Prayers of the Cosmos (HarperOne 2009), The Hidden Gospel (Quest Books 2001), Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus: The Hidden Teachings on Life and Death (Hampton Roads 2022)

Interview Date: 10/14/2022.  Tags: Neil Douglas-Klotz, Bible, New Testament, Jesus, Yeshua, Semitic languages, Aramaic Christians, chanting Jesus’ words, the perfection of ripeness, breath, John, In the Beginning was the Word, Christian Mysticism, Gnosticism, wisdom coming to flesh, yin/yang, both/and, God, the Cosmic Mystery, Religion, History, Spirituality