Partners
Prayer Partners:
8 Current
2 Needed
Total Opportunity:
$317,369 Funded
$0 Needed
Demographics
- Location:
- East Mediterranean
- Speakers:
- 1,000,000
- Start Year:
- 1995
- End Year:
- 2014
Reports to Investors
Aramaic OT | Aramaic
The Assyrian Aramaic people have lived in Eurasia for thousands of years, and their Christian heritage stretches back to the time of the New Testament. Today, many of the estimated one million speakers still live in their ancient homelands. But persecution and economic and political pressures have scattered many others to various countries around the world, including the United States.
The Bible was translated for the Aramaic-speaking people in the early centuries after Christ, but the language has changed significantly since that time. For several centuries, the Aramaic language communities have been without God’s Word in a readable written form, though many people still revere the historical translation as the symbol of their identity. However, the Assyrian Aramaic New Testament was published in 2002, and translators are working on the Old Testament today.
News from the Field
- Jul07
Aramaic peoples of East Mediterranean
Jesus and his disciples read and spoke Aramaic, and the Bible was translated for the Aramaic-speaking people in the early centuries after Christ. But Aramaic, like all languages, has changed over the years … and 2,000 years is a long time, especially for the nearly one million Aramaic people of today! Several different Aramaic languages are spoken today, and none of these language communities has had God’s Word in a readable written form for several centuries. - Dec16
Aramaic Old Testament
Many of the estimated one million speakers still live in their ancient homelands. But persecution and economic and political pressures have scattered many others to various countries around the world, including the U.S.. Several different Aramaic languages are spoken today, and none of these language communities has had God’s Word in a readable written form for several centuries. The New Testament was published in 2002 with the blessing of the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.