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 ...

It took Aramaic speakers 1,500 years to agree on Christology, now their main debate is over Assyrian identity. Could Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq encourage unity? Pope Francis’ upcoming visit ...

By 750 B.C., a new way of writing, on parchment, leather, or papyrus, was developed, and the people who brought this method of writing with them, the Arameans, would eventually see their language, ...

An Aramaic inscription on a column in Palmya, Syria. (iStock) Syriac, Assyrian and Chaldean Christians—their chosen name varies by denomination, but most recognize themselves as part of the ...

Each group speaks a modern dialect of Neo-Aramaic, or Sureth. When covering us, the West generalizes us as merely "Christians." But we call ourselves Assyrian. It's our ethnicity. My name is Sarah ...

"The wall panel contains a depiction of divine procession with previously unknown elements, with Aramaic writing to describe some of the deities while combining Neo-Assyrian, Aramaean and Syro ...

Aramaic, the language which Christ spoke, is still the liturgical language of the Assyrian Church. Cambridge-educated, Mar Shimun also speaks perfect English. Unlike many a Patriarch, he has a ...