This is a literal word for word interlinear translation of the 1900+ year old Aramaic Old Testament called the Peshitta. This volume contains the Former Prophets: Joshua,Judges,Ruth,1&2 Samuel,1 & 2 Kings & The Holy Writings:1&2 Chronicles,Ezra,Nehemiah,Esther. Aramaic was the native language of Jesus and of Israel in the 1st century AD. The text translated is the 6th-7th cent. Codex Ambrosianus- the oldest complete Semitic Old Testament. The Peshitta Old Testament was very likely translated from the Hebrew Bible in the 1st century AD in Israel by Christian coverts from Judaism, or possibly Syrian Christians from across Israel's border. Either way, the Peshitta Old and New Testaments together constitute the first Christian Bible. The author has translated and published an interlinear of the entire Aramaic Peshitta New Testament, Ecclesiastes & The Major and Minor Prophets, The Poetical books and plain English translations of the NT, the Torah, the Psalms & Proverbs. 8x11" paperback 607 pages in B&W.