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Aramaic

noun
1.
A Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia.
2.
An alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it.  Synonym: Aramaic script.



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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Biblical Aramaic


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... omnipotence so as to save human freedom. Another doctrine of the Mu'tazila was that the Koran was not eternal as the orthodox believed, but that it was created. Now we can find parallels for most of these doctrines. Anthropomorphism was avoided in the Aramaic translations of the Pentateuch, also in certain changes in the Hebrew text which are recorded in Rabbinical literature, and known as "Tikkune Soferim," or corrections of the Scribes.[13] Concern for maintaining the unity of God in its absolute purity is seen in the ...
— A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy • Isaac Husik


Words linked to "Aramaic" :   Biblical Aramaic, Aramaic script, Assyrian, Mandaean, script, Mandean, Semitic


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