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In the Holy Land, Attempts to Revive Jesus' Language

Schools in two villages teaching Aramaic

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted May 28, 2012 3:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – In two Holy Land villages—and, randomly, Sweden—efforts are being made to revive Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke that has been almost dead for centuries. The Palestinian village of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, and the Arab-Israeli village of Jish, in the Galilean hills where...   Read full story »

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