A history of a language that was once spoken from Egypt to Afghanistan and played an important role in the creation of great religious writings. Show more Aramaic is a language that for some three ...

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What do these three locales have in common: a remote village in Syria; Sydney, Australia; and the Old City of Jerusalem? The answer is: Aramaic, a dominant language in the ancient world. Now, Jews, ...

Amanda Smith: This week on Lingua Franca, what language did Jesus speak? Hi, I'm Amanda Smith and the question's been prompted by the release of the Mel Gibson film The Passion of the Christ. In the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Imagine the possibilities: T-shirts with Aramaic slogans, funny Aramaic bumper stickers, pull-string plush toys with Aramaic greetings. Jim Caviezel, who speaks this ancient ...

It is thought to have been spoken by Jesus Christ and his disciples more than 2,000 years ago. But now Aramaic, an ancient language related to both Hebrew and Arabic, is threatened with extinction as ...

Some 120,000 Christians in Germany speak Aramaic, thought to be the language spoken by Jesus Christ. Efforts are underway to keep the language alive. The Syriac Orthodox Mor Petrus & Paulus ...

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