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    Jackie #5 get your history fact straight!
    • Historian
    • 19.10.09 | 18:30 (IST)

    Aramaic is a Northwest Semitic language not a dialect of Hebrew. The Aramaeans were a people that lived in the Middle East, but later became Muslim and spoke Arabic like many Jews converted--read Shlomo Sand's book The Invention of the Jewish People! Hebrew and Arabic borrowed from the Aramaeans. For example look at the written language it looks a lot like written Arabic.

    from the article: Will preservation of ancient Roman road destroy the Western Wall?
    First published 01:21 19.10.09 | Last updated 06:38 19.10.09
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