About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Aramaean cities, Aramaean people, Aramaean states, Aramaic languages, Aramaic alphabet, Syriac language, Arpad, Aramaic of Jesus, Hama, Aramaic primacy, Syrianska FC, Aram, son of Shem, Aramaic of Hatra, Tell Halaf, Biblical Aramaic, Judeo-Aramaic language, Battle of Qarqar, Sam'al, Hazael, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Sureth, Aram Damascus, Old Aramaic language, Samaritan Aramaic language, Aram-Naharaim, Paddan Aram, Nabataean language, Arsawuya, Upu, Til Barsip, Sakcagozu, Zobah, Western Aramaic languages, Eastern Aramaic languages, Kapara, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Ruhizzi, Amrit, Rezin, Palmyrene dialect, Bible translations, Hadadezer, Ben-Hadad I, Ben-Hadad III, Official Aramaic language, Targum, Tabrimmon, Christian Aramaic, Hadadezer bar Rehob, Iraqi Academy of Sciences, Bit Adini, Aramaean kings, Bit Bahiani, Chushan-Rishathaim, Aram Rehob, Berothah, Aram Geschur, Aram Maacha. Excerpt: Aramaic is a Semitic language belonging to the Afroasiatic language family. The name of the language is based on the name of Aram, an ancient region in central Syria. Within this family, Aramaic belongs to the Semitic subfamily, and more specifically, is a part of the Northwest Semitic group of languages, which also includes Canaanite languages such as Hebrew and Phoenician. Aramaic script was widely adopted for other languages and is ancestral to both the Arabic and modern Hebrew alphabets. During its 3,000-year written history, Aramaic has served variously as a language of administration of empires and as a language of divine worship. It was the day-to-day language of Israel in the Second Temple period (539 BCE - 70 CE), was the original language of large sections of the biblical books of Daniel and Ezra, was the language spoken by Jesus, and is the main language of the Talmud. Aramaic's long history and diverse and widespre...
