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Jesus was “Yeshua” to his neighbours: How a common name became sacred
The name of “Jesus” as it is now commonly used in the English tongue is merely the final stage of a long series of languages, ...
MAALOULA, Syria — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday morning. But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents ...
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, ...
Aramaic is easily recognizable in the lowest line, below the Greek inscription. It is dated to 129 AD. In the following article I will address three issues: How have Assyrians retained Aramaic into ...
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Have people been calling Jesus by another name all along?
“His name would probably have been in Aramaic: Yeshua.” That innocuous sentence, which Professor Dineke Houtman has provided, ...
Representatives from Assyrian communities around the world gathered in Jerusalem on Sunday evening to attend a conference hosted by the Committee for the Resurrection of the Aramaic Language and the ...
MAALOULA Ilyana Barqil wears skinny jeans, boots and a fur-lined jacket, handy for keeping out the cold in the Qalamoun mountains north of Damascus. She likes TV quiz shows and American films and ...
DAMASCUS, 28 October (BelTA - SANA Agensy). - Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ, is a language that originated among the inhabitants of some villages in al-Qalamoun region in Syria. During its ...
A Christian town in Syria keeps the biblical language of Aramaic alive. But it fears for its future.
MAALOULA, Syria (AP) — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday morning. But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the world’s few places where ...
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