Aramaic, language of Jesus, lives on in Cyprus; A Maronite village, isolated by the island's division, struggles to carry on the tongue.(WORLD)

The Christian Science Monitor | January 29, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Michael Theodoulou Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

KORMAKITI, CYPRUS -- If the people of this remote village were to travel back to Jesus' time and hear him preach, they wouldn't need an interpreter to understand the Sermon on the Mount or the parable of the prodigal son.

That's because they speak the same language as the Son of God. Literally.

Spoken in the Middle East during Jesus' time, Aramaic is still used in everyday life by most of the 130 elderly Maronite Catholics in Kormakiti, which overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. ...

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