It must be noted that the language of Abraham and his family was Aramaic prior to their arrival at Canaan. It is believed that some books (prior to Babylonian Captivity) like Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Jonah, and Nahum were written in both Old Hebrew and Aramaic due to the fact that Most of the Hebrew tribes were taken during Assyrian Captivity where Aramaic was spoken and books like Jonah and Nahum have to do with Assyria. So Books like Daniel, Zechariah, Haggai, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Malachi were originally written in Aramaic. After Babylonian Captivity, Old Hebrew was used by Hebrew Priests only for religious purposes. During Babylonian Captivity, Old Hebrew died out as a spoken language.
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Prior to this, Aramaic was spoken by most of the Hebrew tribes who were taken during Assyrian captivity.
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Here is the link to Josephus' Judean Wars Book Six (Aramaic version) which explains about the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD predicted by Jesus Christ (Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21) and mentions about the incident "chariots and horsemen seen in the sky" right before the fall of Jerusalem.Īramaic completely replaced Old Hebrew as the language of Hebrews during Babylonian Captivity after the destruction of first temple of Jerusalem. Originality of Aramaic New Testament can be read here.ġ Maccabees (Aramaic version) is available here.