She and her husband Glen live in San Diego, California. Magiera is an ordained minister and has been teaching Bible studies and classes throughout the country. Her database is currently published with BibleWorks software and soon to be in Bible GT. Janet Magiera has been studying the Peshitta for over 32 years and has developed an entire database of the New Testament from the Aramaic, which produced an interlinear, concordance, parallel translations, and lexicon, as well as the Light of the Word Ministry translation. The Peshitta Bible is the worlds first entire Christian Bible.
Aramaic was the language of Jesus and of 1st century Israel. Aramaic is the language of the first century and the Peshitta is the earliest complete manuscript of the New Testament. This is an interlinear of the first five books of the Old Testament (The Torah) with the ancient Peshittas Aramaic text & a word for word English translation adjacent to each Aramaic word. The translation is as literal as possible, but with readable English, giving the flavor and rhythm of Eastern language. Other footnotes provide cultural understanding and a system of abbreviations that mark idioms and figures of speech so that they are easily recognizable. This translation includes explanatory footnotes marking variant readings from the Old Syriac, Eastern text, and other Peshitta manuscripts.
The New Testament comes alive with the flavor andĪramaic Peshitta New Testament Translation is a translation of the New Testament into English that is based on the Gwilliam text. Easy to read translation with extensive footnotes.
