Aramaic Language and Culture
ARAMAIC & SYRIAC
The introduction of the name ‘Syriac’ has, admittedly, created a certain amount of ambiguity. Not only as regards the Aramaic language and culture, but also with respect to the Aramean people. {jathumbnail off}
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Arameans native to SE Turkey
In the early Byzantine period and the first centuries of Islam, Tūr ‘Abdīn was probably inhabited almost entirely by Christian Arameans. Later, more and more Muslims (mainly Kurds) settled there.
W.P. Heinrichs, “Tūr ‘Abdīn,” in P.J. Bearman et al. (eds.), in The Encyclopaedia of Islam Vol. X (Leiden: Brill, 2000), p. 666.
The Aramean (Syriac) People
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Contributions of Arameans
The Greeks and Romans knew the Near East mainly through the Arameans, for it was they who united and canalized the sources of its culture, bringing together Babylonian, Persian and Hebrew elements and transmitting them to Christianity, and with Christianity to the West. From the West, at a later date, the Arameans were to bring to the East Greek culture, especially philosophy, which became known to the Arabs through the medium of Aramaic.
S. Moscati, Ancient Semitic Civilizations (New York, 1957), p. 179.
WCA Syria Project
Your contribution can help achieve a solution!
The WCA has a Syria Strategy ready to implement, but this can only be achieved with your support. One example is to employ 2 young women. For this, we must raise EUR 30,000. Together, we must find 1,000 persons who are deeply concerned about the Aramean Christians in and from Syria. With an average donation of only 30 EURO (or more) per person, these WCA Employees will be able, first and foremost, to seek humanitarian aid for those in need; document heartbreaking stories often ignored by the media; develop strategies to lobby the UN, EU, Council of Europe and governments.
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Syrian; Syriac = Aramean; Aramaic
The Syriac language is the Aramaic language itself, and the Arameans are the Syrians themselves. He who has made a distinction between them has erred.
The Syriac Orthodox Patriarch H.H. Mor Ignatius Zaka I Iwas in The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch At A Glance (2008; 19831), p. 25.
What Do Aramean (Syriac) Christians in Syria Really Want?
The Aramean (Syriac) Christian people in Syria are watching the earth crumble beneath them. Their once safe, traditional and peaceful lives are all but a distant memory, as the 19 month battle for power in Syria reigns unprecedented terror on the Christian community. While the Aramean Christians plead their case to world leaders and others of influence, it appears that new so-called “Christian” groups are being formed and trying to hijack the discourse on Christian rights and beliefs in Syria.
