ArDO: Yes we want Lebanon to be the Switzerland of the East and Beirut the Paris of the East
 

Dionysius Jacob Bar Salibi

 (d. 1171)

"Because of hatred they (the Greeks) call us Jacobites instead of Syrians and we answer and say that the name Syrian by which you do not call us anymore does not rank before the honorable name because this name is derived from Syrus, who ruled over Antiochia and after him the land was named Syria...however we are the descendants of Aram and from his name we were called in ancient times by the name Arameans."

 

(Bishop J.E. Manna, Aramaic-Arabic Dictionary, Babel Center Publications. Beirut 1915, p. 11-21)  

 

قال العلامة ابن الصليبي (توفي 1171)

من كتاب المسمى (ܐܪܘܥܘܬܐ) في الفصل الرابع عشر ضد اليونانيين. ܐܠܐ ܒܚܣܕܐ ܬܘܒ ܩܪܝܢ ܠܢ (ܐܘܟܝܬ ܝܘܢܝܵܐ) ܚܠܦ ܣܘܪܝܝܵܐ؛ ܝܥܩܘܒܝܵܐ؛ ܕܠܩܘܒܠܗܘܢ ܐܡܪܝܢܢ؛ ܕܐܦܠܐ ܫܡܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܝܵܐ ܕܐܪܝܡܬܘܢ ܡܢܢ ܡܥܠܝ؛ ܡܛܠ ܕܥܠ ܫܡܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ ܣܘܪܘܣ ܐܬܝ ܐܝܢܐ ܕܐܡܠܟ ܒܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ ܘܐܬܩܪܝܬ ܥܠ ܫܡܗ ܣܘܪܝܐ؛؛؛ ܚܢܢ ܓܝܪ ܒܢܵܝ ܐܪܡ ܐܝܬܝܢ؛ ܘܥܠ ܫܡܗ ܡܬܩܪܝܢ ܗܘܝܢ ܒܙܒܢ ܐܪܡܝܵܐ؛  اي لكنهم (اعني اليونانيين) يسموننا تعييراً لنا عوض السريان يعاقبة ونحن نردهم قائلين ان اسم السريان الذي سلبتموه عنا ليس عندنا من الأسماء الشريفة لكونه متاتياً من اسم سوروس الذي ملك في انطاكية فدعيت باسمِه سوريا... اما نحن فأننا من بني آرام وباسمهِ كنا نسمى يوما آراميين.

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