The 20% of Maalula's inhabitants who can speak the language are over 60 years old George Zaarour, a specialist in the Aramaic language, uses a magnifying glass to decipher Aramaic script in the Syrian ...

Aramaic, the biblical language of Jesus is starting to disappear from everyday use in Syria's Maalula Hunched over a thick book, George Zaarour uses a magnifying glass to decipher Aramaic script -- ...

Aramaic is a language that for some three thousand years facilitated the exchange of ideas across large tracts of the Middle East and Asia. In its heyday it was the main official and written language ...

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MAALULA, Syria — Hunched over a thick book, George Zaarour uses a magnifying glass to decipher Aramaic script — the biblical language of Jesus that is starting to disappear from everyday use in his ...

Hunched over a thick book, George Zaarour uses a magnifying glass to decipher Aramaic script – the biblical language of Jesus that is starting to disappear from everyday use in his village. The ...