Andrew Gabriel Roth is a frequent scholarly contributor to peshitta.org, and author of the book �Signs of the Cross� (2001).  He is a passionate advocate for his Hebraic culture, and the early Nazarene writings which sprung from it. Raised in New York as a Reform Jew, Andrew took an early interest in Hebrew prayer and liturgy.  For more than three decades he has studied Hebrew, Aramaic, and the histories behind them. After ten years of research into the Eastern Peshitta dialect, he released his preliminary findings in "Signs of the Cross".  But his research did not stop there, and in his latest book, �Ruach Qadim�, he details the case for Aramaic written originality of 22 New Testament books, pointing to the Eastern Peshitta traditions as the best bearer of those writers� original words.  Andrew�s painstaking attention to linguistic detail has resulted in a much better scholarly understanding of the true origins of the New Testament writings and the Hebraic roots of their thought. Email Andrew