> There is, by the way, a very early version of the Bible in Aramaic in
> existence, containing the New Testament as well (and, so, the testimony
> to Yęshű meshîha) and probably predating the oldest surviving Hebrew
> manuscripts, which is called the Peshitta.
Interesting. General adoption of Hebrew by the Jews was rather late in the
1st millennium,  and politically motivated, to supercede the aspirations of
Syriacs to be the Chosen People.
RT




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