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At a meeting in Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister told the Pope that Jesus spoke Hebrew and the Pope corrected him by saying 'Aramaic' Historians believe that Hebrew was the language of scholars and scriptures, so Jesus probably spoke both dialects Christ may have spoken a few words of Latin and Greek No-one knows the language he spoke for sure, or whether he could write. The Pope’s pilgrimage to the Middle East was controversial because of the holy leader’s impromptu prayer session at the West Bank’s barrier. And a playful religious disagreement also took place between Pope Francis and Israel’s prime minister, which revolved around Jesus’ linguistic skills. Benjamin Netanyahu and the Pope had a small, good natured squabble about the language spoken by Jesus Christ. Scroll down for video. Aramaic! Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and the Pope (right) had a small, humorous squabble (pictured) about the language spoken by Jesus Christ, with Israel's prime minister sayin...

The book of Genesis was originally written in Hebrew as was the most part of the Old Testament.Only the book of Ezra and Daniel were originally written in Aramaic. The  Targum Onkelos is the Jewish Aramaic translation of the Torah,the five books of Moses ,the first five books of the Hebrew Bible ,the Pentateuch (from Greek). Targum means translation and Onkelos was the author,a Roman national who converted to Judaism.  The Syriac Aramaic translation of Genesis 1:1 from the Peshitta Tanakh. ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ  ܒܪ݂ܵܐ   ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܝܵܬܼ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܝܵܬܼ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ brashyutu briaʾ ʾalahaʾ yatu shmayaʾ wyatu ʾarʿaʾ Jewish Palestinian Aramaic מן ריש הווית מימרה ומימרה הוות לות אלהה ואלהה הו מימרה׃ הדין הווה מן ריש לות אלהה׃ כולה בה אתעבד ולבר מנה כולם אתעבד מה דאתעבד׃ mn ryš hwwyt mymrh wmymrh hwwt lwt ʾlhh wʾlhh hw mymrh hdyn hwwh mn ryš lwt ʾlhh kwlh bh ʾtʿbd wlbr mnh kwlm ʾtʿbd mh dʾtʿbd  Genesis 1:1–6 in Aramaic (a part of Genesis 1:7 also got room: ”and God made the vault”: ...

Mark 14:30 English And Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” Greek καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἀμὴν λέγω σοι ὅτι σὺ σήμερον ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ πρὶν ἢ δὶς ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι τρὶς ἀπαρνήσῃ με. Aramaic ܐܳܡܰܪ ܠܶܗ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܐܰܡܺܝܢ ܐܳܡܰܪ ܐ݈ܢܳܐ ܠܳܟ݂ ܕ݁ܰܐܢ݈ܬ݁ ܝܰܘܡܳܢܳܐ ܒ݁ܠܺܠܝܳܐ ܗܳܢܳܐ ܩܕ݂ܳܡ ܕ݁ܢܶܩܪܶܐ ܬ݁ܰܪܢܳܓ݂ܠܳܐ ܬ݁ܰܪܬ݁ܶܝܢ ܙܰܒ݂ܢܺܝܢ ܬ݁ܠܳܬ݂ ܬ݁ܶܟ݂ܦ݁ܽܘܪ ܒ݁ܺܝ ܀ transcription ?Amar leh yeshu ʕ, "?ammin amar (?)na lakh da(?n)t yawmana belilya hana qedam deneqre tamaghla tarten zabnin telat tekhpur." vocabulary ?ammar - say, speak, announce, affirm leh - to,for Yeshuʕ or Yeshua - Jesus ?ammin - Amen, verily (?)na or ana - I a(?n)t or ant - thou b - in, by, into, among, at, with, against yawmana - today belilya - night hana - this,these qedam - call ,read tamaghla - rooster tarten - two zabnin - time , season telat - three t...

1John 2:25 ܘܗܳܢܰܘ ܫܽܘܘ݈ܕ݁ܳܝܳܐ ܕ݁ܶܐܫܬ݁ܰܘܕ݁ܺܝ ܠܰܢ ܚܰܝܶܐ ܕ݁ܰܠܥܳܠܰܡ ܀ dalālam khayye lan de'shtawdi shu(w)dāyā whānaw And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. promise ܫܽܘܘ݈ܕ݁ܳܝܳܐ to promise ܕ݁ܶܐܫܬ݁ܰܘܕ݁ܺ ܝ to ܠܰܢ life,salvation ܚܰܝܶܐ eternity,age,world ܕ݁ܰܠܥܳܠܰܡ

two reconstructed versions of the beginning of Lord's prayer in Galilean You heard me.There is no such thing as the Lord's Prayer in Galilean Aramaic -the language that Jesus Christ spoke the most.Not in the original form anyway.Only reconstructions of it exist.Let me elaborate on this. The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic: Language & Meaning No text has ever been found with the Lord's Prayer in the Galilean dialect .The oldest known form of the prayer is in Greek from the Gospels of Luke and Mark.The prayer is not found in Matthews's Gospel.The only attested form of the prayer in Aramaic is that of the Peshitta in Syriac Aramaic which is a translation of the original Greek text. Furthermore the whole dialect itself Galilean Aramaic remains obscure and very scarcely attested. Currently it is being reconstructed and revised all the time. We know very little of this dialect .Let alone  a prayer in it. What it does exist are reconstructions of the pra...

The targums are Aramaic translations of the Hebrew Old Testament.The word Targum means 'translation' in Hebrew. 'Targum' means translation in Hebrew After the emergence of Aramaic the Hebrew language was continuously loosing ground to it.Aramaic was gradually becoming the common language for the people. At some point it became clear that Hebrew texts could not be understood by the mass and the need arised for a translation into Aramaic. Initially the targums were oral translations transferred by the (מְתוּרגְמָן mǝturgǝmān)-translators. Eventually Hebrew was reduced to being only the language of religion and the Elite in Palestine. So ,the first targums appeared which where translations ,explanations and paraphrases of the religious Jewish scripts. The most important targums are the Targums Onkelos and Targums Jonathan. The Targum Onkelos  is the official   translation of the Torah. Onkelos This version of Aramaic is called Targumic. Other uses of the w...

Syriac is an Eastern form of Christianity that uses the Syriac language for its liturgy and sacred writings. ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ‎  Mšiḥāyuṯā Suryāyṯā Syriac Christianity It comprises mainly two Rites West and East depending on which text has as its anaphora. Anaphora (from Greek αναφορά) is the most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy. The West rite has the Divine Liturgy of Saint James as anaphora while the East part uses the Holy Qurbana of Saints Addai and Mary. ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ‎ Mār ʾAp̄rêm Sūryāya Ephraim the Syrian The West and East Rites are subdivided in various churches orthodox and catholic. The two Rites roughly correspond to the area of conflict between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire,later the Sassanian. St. Thaddeus Monastery, or "Kara Kelissa", in Iran's West Azarbaijan province. Syriac was one of the three major languages for Christianity in the first centuries of the common era along with Greek and Latin. A version of Syriac Christianity sprea...