This college textbook helps the student learn the basics of the Eastern Aramaic alphabet, numbers, nouns, pronouns, verbs, and grammar relevant to learning to read the ancient Peshitta (Aramaic New Testament).
Rev. Michael Bazzi (Emeritus) was born in northern Iraq in the beautiful city of Tilkepe, 10 kilometers north of Mosul. He was ordained a Catholic priest in Baghdad in 1964. He later went to Rome where he earned a Master's Degree in Pastoral Theology in 1974 from the Lateran University. He also has degrees in mass media and group dynamics.That same year, 1974, Fr. Michael came to the United States and began serving as a priest in the Green Bay Diocese in Wisconsin. He also began what was to become a lifelong love of teaching the Scriptures and the Aramaic language by teaching workshops throughout the regionFr. Michael served a central role in establishing three Chaldean Catholic parishes in the United States: in Michigan, and California. Since 1985, Fr. Michael has served at St. Peters Catholic Church in El Cajon. In 2015, Fr. Michael was made Pastor Emeritus at St. Peter's Cathedral.For thirty-three years was a Professor of Aramaic at Cuyamaca College in El Cajon. Between the college and his parish, Fr. Michael taught more than 100 Bazzi Aramaic students a year.
