Reply #10: not all work for the Vatican

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I would suggest you read the works of Neil Douglas-Klotz, a Sufi Murshid who has spent years studying Aramaic, Hebrew, and other ancient languages. His works are a good accompaniment for any Bible study, and include these works:

Prayers of the Cosmos: Meditataions on the Aramaic Words of Jesus
A pineering book in the movement to recover the wisdom of Jesus as a Native Middle Eastern person. The Lord's Prayer and Beatitudes in new, mult-layered interpretive translations, from the native languages of Jesus.

Desert Wisdom: Sacred Middle Eastern Writings from the Goddess to the Sufis
From ancient Egypt through mystical Judaism and the Aramaic Jesus to classical Sufism...can be used as a handbook for daily inspiration. Includes chants, meditations, and body prayers.

The Hidden Gospel: Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramic Jesus. Jesus' familiar sayings newly translated from Aramaic...what emerges is a hopeful, nurturing, and very contemporary spiritual message.

I have copies of the first two books and have found them immeasurably helpful in understanding the Bible.