{"id":3303,"date":"2007-09-07T06:49:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/preserving-the-language-of-jes.html"},"modified":"2007-09-07T06:49:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T06:49:00","slug":"preserving-the-language-of-jes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/preserving-the-language-of-jes.html","title":{"rendered":"Preserving The Language Of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t even realize that anyone <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2007\/09\/06\/eveningnews\/main3240190.shtml\">still spoke Aramaic<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For thousands of years, a tiny Syrian village has kept a well-guarded treasure: the language of Jesus. Tucked away in the Qalamoun Mountains, just north of Damascus, Syria, is Malula &#8211; one of the last places on earth where Aramaic is still spoken.<br \/>\nAramaic was a thriving language during the time of Jesus and his disciples. Many of the gospels were written in the Semitic language, along with sections of the Talmud and the Dead Sea Scrolls.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe locals and the Syrian government are taking conservation of this national treasure very seriously. They have opened a special school where students from 5 to 50 brush up on their Aramaic, and, for the first time in their history, learn to write this traditionally oral language. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Update<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/update-preserving-language-of-jesus.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t even realize that anyone still spoke Aramaic: For thousands of years, a tiny Syrian village has kept a well-guarded treasure: the language of Jesus. Tucked away in the Qalamoun Mountains, just north of Damascus, Syria, is Malula &#8211; one of the last places on earth where Aramaic is still spoken. 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