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Aramaic
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Aramaic a branch of the Semitic family of languages, especially the language of Syria used as a lingua franca in the Near East from the 6th century
bc, later dividing into varieties one of which included Syriac and Mandaean. It replaced Hebrew locally as the language of the Jews, and though displaced by Arabic in the 7th century
ad, it still has about 200,000 speakers in scattered communities.
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Aramaic spoken in `Passion,' but language's comeback unlikely.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 2/25/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Edward M. Eveld 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 language as the star of "The...
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Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; MAURICE CASEY, Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel (SNTSMS 102...278. 564.95. Investigation of the Aramaic substratum of the gospels moves into...survey, as was Matthew Black's study An Aramaic Approach to the Gospels and Acts (3d...
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Aramaic Language
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 6/4/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Christians has a remarkable history. Aramaic is a Semitic tongue. It's related to...importance is unquestioned. Not only is Aramaic the language or worship of several eastern...Professor Edward Odisho is a native Aramaic speaker. EDWARD ODISHO, PROFESSOR...
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Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek Documentary Texts from Nahal Hever and Other Sites, With an Appendix Containing Alleged Qumran Texts, The Seiyal Collection II. (Reviews of Books).
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek Documentary Texts from...documents in Standard Literary Palestinian Aramaic, partially in Nabataean, Hebrew, and...introduction (pp. 1-6); introduction to the Aramaic and Hebrew documents, their translation...
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Aramaic 'k', lyk' and Iraqi Arabic 'aku, maku: the Mesopotamian particles of existence.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the adverb k' or kh, and is a Common Aramaic particle. (1) The earliest attestation of kh in Aramaic occurs in the Sfire inscriptions in ancient...2) and it is still employed in modern Aramaic. This deictic particle can be combined...
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Aramaic has gained new prominence with `Passion' movie.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/27/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the language Eid used for the prayer was Aramaic _ the language of Christ. "Abunah ti...said. "Our Father who art in heaven." Aramaic, long the preserve of scholars and theologians...Christ." Gibson's characters speak Aramaic and Latin on-screen. But in Ma'aloula...
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Aramaic students, teachers say film helps preserve their culture.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/15/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...The Passion" is presented entirely in Aramaic and Latin with English subtitles. Although...of another era, modern variations of Aramaic persist in small pockets around the world...Gorial, who teaches a modern dialect of Aramaic at St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church...
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A UNIQUE TALMUDIC ARAMAIC INCANTATION BOWL.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...formal standardized literary Eastern Aramaic or, less frequently, in a "koine" of Southern Babylonian Aramaic. The present article treats a magic...an idiom that is related to Talmudic Aramaic. Although the term Talmudic Aramaic...
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An Aramaic Approach to Q: Sources for the Gospels of Matthew and Luke
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; MAURICE CASEY, An Aramaic Approach to Q: Sources for the Gospels...that "[f]rom beginning to end, the Aramaic dimension of Q has never been properly...junctures along the way where questions of Aramaic sources behind Q could have been pursued...
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An Introduction to Aramaic.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...regularly required to study a semester of Biblical Aramaic to enable them to read the Aramaic portions in Ezra and Daniel. The usual method of instruction is to present a sketch of Aramaic grammar highlighting the similarities and differences...
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Aramaic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aramaic , language belonging to the West Semitic subdivision...existence and settled in Syria, bringing their language, Aramaic, with them. By the beginning of the 7th cent. BC, Aramaic had spread throughout the Fertile Crescent as a lingua...
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Syriacs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...India today. Syriac is a branch of the Aramaic family of languages and was the lingua...with very slight variation from the Aramaic or "Chaldee," as it was once called...Empire from the eighth century onward. Aramaic, from which Syriac derived, was the...
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St. Matthew
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Hebrew" in Papias's mouth refers to the Aramaic language and not to Hebrew. This testimony...First Gospel is a Greek text modeled on an Aramaic original which has been lost. Modern...Gospel in its present Greek form or in the Aramaic original. The framework of the present...
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Targum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Targum [Aramaic,=translation], Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Bible. When Aramaic replaced the Hebrew tongue among the Jews of Palestine and Babylon, interpreters were called to translate and explain the scriptural passages that were read...
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Jews of Kurdistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...retained some old Jewish traditions. Their Neo-Aramaic language is a survival of old Aramaic, which was the dominant language in the Middle...dialects. Most Christians and Jews speak various Aramaic dialects containing many Kurdish, Persian...
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