Bøger af Andrew Younan

An Introduction to the Chaldean-Aramaic language, including progressive exercises in the Alphabet and vowels, basic conversation, common phrases, introductory vocabulary, reading exercises, samples of literature, and a 2000-word glossary.

This is a comprehensive Grammar of the Chaldean "Neo-Aramaic" Language. The rationale of this book is a combination of a "pure grammar" and a "pedagogical" one, where as much as possible grammatical forms are presented completely (for example, that of the Adjective or the Present Tense Verb), but with the progressive learning of a student in mind, especially in the selection of Vocabulary and Exercises. The 2000-Word Dictionaries at the end of the book, as well as the selections of Literature in the Chaldean language, are intended to be useful for one learning, though not in any sense comprehensive.

Course Reader for Fr. Andrew Younan's Rhetoric course at John Paul the Great Catholic University.

This book contains short reflections on what were traditionally called 'Onyatha d-Basalyqe, the "Basilica Responsories," which is the name given to the "Proper," that is, specifically-chosen, hymns for Evening Prayer of each of the Sundays and Feast Days of the Chaldean Liturgical year. The purpose of these reflections is to reveal to the faithful of the Chaldean Church, or anyone interested in its spirituality, the great richness of that tradition, to show the depth of the theology contained in these hymns, and most of all to bring about a true devotion in the hearts of the reader, which is the purpose of all liturgy and all meditation. Thus there is a translation of these hymns for each Sunday and many major Feasts, accompanied by a meditation that helps explain the meaning of the hymn to the lay person with basic Catechetical education.

The course reader for Fr. Andrew Younan's Metaphysics and Natural Theology Course at John Paul the Great Catholic University.

"This book is an attempt to understand the natural world, its consistency, and the ontology of what we call laws of nature, with a special focus on their mathematical expression. It does this by arguing in favor of the Essentialist interpretation over that of the Humean and Anti-Humean accounts. It re-examines and critiques Descartes' notion of laws of nature following from God's activity in the world as mover of extended bodies, as well as Hume's arguments against causality and induction. It then presents an Aristotelian-Thomistic account of laws of nature based on mathematical abstraction, necessity, and teleology, finally offering a definition for laws of nature within this framework"--