Schools in two villages teaching Aramaic
(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 Jesus taught, were both inspired by Sweden. That country is home to as many as 80,000 Aramaic speakers living in immigrant communities descended from the Middle East, and boasts an Aramaic newspaper, Aramaic pamphlets, Aramaic children's books, an Aramaic TV station, and even an Aramaic soccer team. More»
