The Hidden Pearl

The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church And Its Ancient Aramaic Heritage is a 2001 documentary directed by Marcello Baldi. It was commissioned by the Syriac Orthodox Church and co-produced by Trans World Film Italia and the World Council of Arameans, than known as the Syriac Universal Alliance.[1] The documentary was released as a three-episode miniseries together with three printed volumes.

• Volume 1, The Ancient Aramaic Heritage, deals with the Syriac Christian and Assyrian heritage as the cradle of civilization.[2] It covers the pre-Christian Old Aramaic period, covering the Aramaean city states, the Neo-Assyrian, Achaemenid and Seleucid periods, including the kingdoms of Palmyra, Petra, Edessa and Hatra.
• Volume 2, The Heirs of the Ancient Aramaic Heritage, addresses Middle Aramaic tradition and literature, the Aramaic of Jesus and classical Syriac literature.
• Volume 3, At the Turn of the Third Millennium: the Syrian Orthodox Witness, focuses on and describes the current situation of the Assyrian people, the Syriac Orthodox Church and its history in Tur Abdin, Seyfo, and the Assyrian diaspora.[2]

See also

• Assyrian people
• Syriac Christianity

References

1. HUGOYE: JOURNAL OF SYRIAC STUDIES Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
2. Nordgren, Kenneth (2006) Archived 2006-11-06 at the Wayback Machine, "Vems är historien? Historia som medvetande, kultur och handling i det mångkulturella Sverige", pp. 71, ISSN 1653-6894.

External links

• The Hidden Pearl at IMDb
• Official site
• Youtube video from SuyoyoSat Germany