tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post6177990780794063986..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: I do not speak amharicDan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-24555312866791543662009-09-22T13:29:04.418-04:002009-09-22T13:29:04.418-04:00Ethopia -- and of course the various Ethopian peop...Ethopia -- and of course the various Ethopian people -- has a very interesting and extremely long history. Especially important is the history as regards early Christianity and even fairly early Judaic history. <br /><br />That history is of such far reach that the written language used in the religious texts (related to Christianity) has been mostly unspoken in about the same way that Latin is mostly unspoken, for about the same reasons, and for about the same length of time. <br /><br />Contrast and compare with the hidden cities and the churches hidden inside giant boulders in Anatolia (Turkey), and you start to get a better picture of the early Christians, who they were, and how they lived.Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-42689787909910924272009-09-22T12:43:39.211-04:002009-09-22T12:43:39.211-04:00Duh, never mind. I didn't catch that last lin...Duh, never mind. I didn't catch that last link.Sligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201229508558436514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-3481024238589578362009-09-22T12:38:00.339-04:002009-09-22T12:38:00.339-04:00Selam is "peace" (like salaam in Arabic....Selam is "peace" (like salaam in Arabic.) I would guess that the two words have the same origin.Sligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201229508558436514noreply@blogger.com