About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Arabic toponyms, Aramaic toponyms, Hebrew toponyms, Maltese toponyms, Phoenician toponyms, Dalton, Allon, Akeldama, Aramaic of Jesus, List of Hebrew place names, List of Arabic place names, Place names of Palestine, List of Aramaic place names, Arabic exonyms, List of Latin place names in Italy and Malta, Rujm, Maghreb placename etymology, English exonyms of Arabic speaking places, Alhambra, Hazor, Guadalajara, Etzion, Cadiz, Zeitoun, Eshel, Tangier, Eldad, Maimun, Dagon, Ammon, Majdal, Yonah, Ayalon, Erez, Zahle, Hawa, Atzmon, Hadar, Gibeon, Rahn, Kidron, Ashkenaz, Lotan, Hayat, Bar'am, Segev, Sharaf, Litani, Aderet, Egoz, Morasha, Misgav, Lakhish, Kishon, Halfa, Ajalon, Amatzia. Excerpt: It is generally agreed that Jesus of Nazareth primarily spoke Aramaic, perhaps along with some Hebrew and Greek (although there is some debate as to the degree). The towns of Nazareth and Capernaum, where Jesus lived, were primarily Aramaic-speaking communities, although Greek was widely spoken in the major cities of the Mediterranean Basin. Jesus may have also known enough Hebrew to discuss the Hebrew Bible, and he may have known Koine Greek through commerce in nearby Sepphoris. Aramaic, as a Semitic language, was a common language of the Eastern Mediterranean during and after the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Achaemenid Empires (722 BC - 330 BC). Aramaic remained a common language of Israel in the 1st century AD, despite the subsequent Macedonian-Greek (331 BC) and Roman (63 BC) invasions. Indeed, in spite of the increasing importance of Greek, the use of Aramaic was also expanding, and it would eventually be entirely dominant among Jews both in Israel and elsewhere in the Middle East around 200 AD; it would remain so until the Arab conquest in the 7th century. Jesus and his disciples spoke a Galilean dialect clearly disting...
