Aramaic is a Semitic language with a 3,000-year history. It has been the language of administration of empires and the language of divine worship. It is the original language of large sections of the biblical books of Daniel and Ezra, and is the main language of the Talmud. Aramaic is believed to have been the language spoken by Jesus, and it is still spoken today as a first language by numerous small communities. Aramaic belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family. Within that diverse family, it belongs to the Semitic subfamil ...

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Here follows a comprehensive history of Aramaic. The history is broken down into three broad periods: Old Aramaic (1100 BCE–200 CE), including: The Biblical Aramaic of the Hebrew Bible. The Aramaic of Jesus. The Aramaic of the Targums. Middle Aramaic (200–1200), including: Literary Syriac. The Aramaic of the Talmuds and Midrashim. Modern Aramaic (1200–present), including: Various modern vernaculars. This classific ...

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Old Aramaic covers over thirteen centuries of the language. This vast time span is chosen as it includes all Aramaic that is now effectively extinct. The main turning point for Old Aramaic is around 500 BCE, when the Ancient Aramaic (the language of Aramaeans) moves into Imperial Aramaic (the language of powerful empires). The various spoken dialects of Old Aramaic come to prominence when Greek replaces Aramaic as the language of power in the region. See also:

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Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic is a modern Jewish Aramaic language, often called Neo-Aramaic or Judeo-Aramaic. It was originally spoken in three villages near Aqra in Iraqi Kurdistan. The native name of the language is Lishanid Janan, which means 'our language', and is similar to names used by other Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects (Lishan Didan, Lishanid Noshan). Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic - Origin and use today. The Jewish inhabitants of a wide area from northern Iraq, eastern Turkey a ...

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Chaldean Neo-Aramaic is a modern Eastern Aramaic or Syriac language. Called Neo-Aramaic, it is not to be confused with the, mostly now disused, term Chaldean referring to the Old Aramaic dialect of the Chaldean, or eleventh, dynasty of Babylonia. Originally, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic was spoken on the Plain of Mosul, northern Iraq, but it is now the language of a worldwide diaspora. Most speakers are members of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Chaldean Neo-Aramaic - Origin history and use today. Chald ...

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Middle Bronze Age 19-15th c. BC Proto-Canaanite 14th c. BC Ugaritic 13th c. BC Phoenician 11th c. BC Samaritan 6th c. BC Aramaic 9th c. BC Brāhmī 6th c. BC Hebrew 3rd c. BC Syriac 2nd c. BC Avestan 3th c. Arabic 4th c. Greek 8th c. BC Old Italic 8th c. BC Latin 7th c. BC Runes 2nd c. Gothic 4th c. Armenian 405 Glagolitic 862 Cyril ...

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Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. The term originally meant a love (Greek philo-) of learning and literature (Greek -logia). In the academic traditions of several nations, a wide sense of the term "philology" describes the study of a language together with its literature and the historical and cultural contexts which are indispensable for an understanding of the literary works and other culturally significant texts. Philology thus comprises the study of the grammar, rhetoric, history, interpretation ...

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Aramaic Primacists believe that the Christian New Testament and/or its sources were originally written in the Aramaic language, not Koine Greek as is generally claimed. The Assyrian Church of the East and other Aramaic speaking churches have historically claimed the Aramaic Peshitta was the original language New Testament. George Lamsa's translation of the New Testament from the Aramaic brought the Aramaic Primacy issue to the West, though still few are familiar with it. With the rise of the internet, Aramaic Primacists began t ...

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Aramaic primacy - Peshitta Primacy Approach Aramaic primacy - Peshitta-Critical Approach Aramaic primacy - Critical Approach
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Biblical Aramaic is the form of the Aramaic language that is used in the books of Daniel, Ezra and a few other places in the Hebrew Bible. See the article on the Aramaic of Jesus for the use of the Aramaic language in the New Testament. Biblical Aramaic - Aramaic and Hebrew. Hebrew is the main language of the Hebrew Bible. Aramaic only accounts for about ten chapters of the whole. Biblical Aramaic is closely related to Hebrew (perhaps a bit like Spanish and Portuguese), and they are written with the ...

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The term Assyrian language can mean any one of: Akkadian language: an extinct Semitic language spoken in Assyro-Babylonian times. Aramaic language: as the official language of the Assyrian Empire. Assyrian and Chaldean Neo-Aramaic: modern Aramaic languages. Syriac language: the classical language of literature and liturgy in the Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Church of Babylon, and other churches, is sometimes called Assyrian.

Assyrian may refer to: Someone or something from Assyria. The Assyrian people. One of the Assyrian languages: Akkadian language: an extinct Semitic language spoken in Mesopotamia. The Aramaic language as the official language of the Assyrian Empire. Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: a modern Aramaic language. Syriac language: the classical language of literature and liturgy in the Assyrian Church of the East, and other churches, is sometimes called Assyrian. The Sy

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This article concerns the Assyrian people. For their ancient empire, see Assyria. United States and Canada:    300,000 (est.) CIS:    64,000 (est.) Europe:    93,000 (est.) Australia, New Zealand and Others:    150,000 (est.) Assyrians are a Syriac-speaking Semitic minority inhabiting northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran, some of whom are also identified ...

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It is generally accepted that Aramaic was the mother tongue of Jesus. This article explores the use of Aramaic in the New Testament, as attributed to Jesus and others. New Testament view Miracles Parables Quotes Chronology Religious views Background Names and titles Relics Historicity Historical view Language Race Dramatic portrayals Images

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Aramaic of Jesus - Aramaic personal names in the New Testament
Aramaic of Jesus - Boanerges Aramaic of Jesus - Cephas Aramaic of Jesus - Thomas Aramaic of Jesus - Tabitha
Aramaic of Jesus - Aramaic place names in the New Testament
Aramaic of Jesus - Gethsemane Aramaic of Jesus - Golgotha Aramaic of Jesus - Gabbatha Aramaic of Jesus - Akeldama

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The Holy Catholic and Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East is a Christian church that traces its origins to the See of Babylon, said to be founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle. It sometimes calls itself the Assyrian Orthodox Church, but should not be confused with the distinct Syriac Orthodox Church, which is an Oriental Orthodox body. In India, it is known as the Chaldean Syrian Church. In the Wes ...

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The Bible has been translated into many languages. The Jewish Tanakh (almost identical to the Protestant Old Testament) was originally written in Hebrew, with the exception of some passages of Daniel, Ezra, and Jeremiah which are in Aramaic. The New Testament is widely agreed to have originally been written in Greek, although some scholars hypothesize that certain books (whether completely or partially) may have been written in Aramaic before being translated for widespread dissemination. One very famous example of this is the opening to the Gospel of John, which is argue ...

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Eli may refer to: Eli (אלי) (IPA: /ʔeːˈliː/) is a variant on the name of God (see El (god)) as spoken in Hebrew and Aramaic. (The "i" suffix indicates first person singular possession, i.e., "my El".) In Semitic languages, the "al" and "el" sounds are often merged, (as in "ael") thus the Aramaic "Eli" is directly related to the Arabic Allah and identical to Hebrew "El". It is related also to similar Semitic words in Assyrian (ilu), ...

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The Aramaeans, or Arameans, were a Semitic, seminomadic and pastoralist people who originated and had lived in upper Mesopotamia and Syria. Aramaeans have never had a unified empire; they were divided in independent kingdoms all across the Near East. Yet to these Aramaeans befell the privilege of imposing their language and culture upon the entire Near East and beyond. Scholars even have used the term 'Aramaization' for the Syro-Mesopotamian peoples, languages and cultures that have been made 'Aramean'. Arameans - ...

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Arameans - 14th century BC Arameans - 12th century BC Arameans - 11th century B.C. Arameans - 10th – 9th centuries BC Arameans - From 8th century BC
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Peter is a popular male given name. Peter comes from the Greek word πέτρα (read petra, in Latin used as petro-), meaning rock. According to the New Testament, Jesus gave the Apostle Peter (whose given name was Simon) the name Rock (Kephas or Cephas in Aramaic; Petros or "bedros" (Greek). The name was transliterated into Latin as Petrus, from ...

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Aleph or alef has several meanings: Aleph or Alef, first letter of many Semitic alphabets including Phoenician, Hebrew and Aramaic. ʾalif is the equivalent letter of the Arabic alphabet. Alef, the concurrent programming language used in early editions of Plan 9; Alef, one of the main protagonists in SEGA's Shining Force;

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