JERUSALEM - An ancient, dying language gets a new life on American movie screens this week. Some linguists, who fear the language spoken by Jesus could vanish within a few decades, hope for a boost ...

For his cast, that surprisingly meant asking them – insisting – that they learn and become fluent in the nearly dead language that Christ and his contemporaries spoke: Aramaic. At the time of Christ, ...

Marian Shanees had never seen the letters of her native language of Aramaic. Now, a new program in Maaloula, one of the few places where Aramaic is still spoken, will change that. "This is the first ...

MAALOULA, Syria — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday morning. But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents ...

"Ah-bwoon da-bwash-maya. Net-ka-dahsh schmahh." The group of five haltingly recited the ancient words. The rough English translation: "Our Father, which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name." Saying ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Imagine the possibilities: T-shirts with Aramaic slogans, funny Aramaic bumper stickers, pull-string plush toys with Aramaic greetings. Jim Caviezel, who speaks this ancient ...

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