An ancient town in Syria is one of the world’s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used.

Rather, Jesus the historical figure likely conversed in Aramaic, the native language of Judeah, the region in the Roman Empire where scholars believe the messiah and his disciples lived (now part ...

This, despite Aramaic being the language that most historians ... Their disperal was sparked by persecution suffered within the Ottoman Empire from 1915 onwards; when waves of violence claimed ...