Here’s a brain-teaser: the name “Jesus” would have meant absolutely nothing to the man from Nazareth himself. In fact, the ...

Aramaic dialects were the region’s vernacular from 2,500 years ago until the sixth century, when Arabic, the language of conquering Muslims from the Arabian Peninsula, became dominant, according ...

Four-line Aramaic text, one of the few legible inscriptions from the era, may be tied to the Bar Kochba Revolt. The words ...

As he puts it, his language is “antique.” Part of the same Semitic language family as Arabic and Hebrew, Aramaic originated in the city-states around Damascus almost 1,000 years before Christ.

The answer is: Aramaic, a dominant language in the ancient world. Now, Jews, Christians, Arabs and others are trying to preserve the language of our sages and of Jesus.

ANCIENT ROOTS: Aramaic is part of the language family that includes Hebrew and was widely used during the time of Roman conquest in the Holy Land and, many scholars believe, likely the main ...

“Even in an Aramaic stronghold such as Malula, the language is undermined in the most conspicuous ways, said the Rev. Toufic Eid, the superior at Malula’s Convent of St. Serge and St. Bacchus.

The Aramaic language of the Qur'an renders interpretations that are different from what Muslim commentators rendered in the last fourteen centuries. The Eastern Syriac dialect of Aramaic is dominant ...

ANCIENT ROOTS: Aramaic is part of the language family that includes Hebrew and was widely used during the time of Roman conquest in the Holy Land and, many scholars believe, likely the main ...