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Biblical Aramaic
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “form of the aramaic language that is used in the books of daniel”. Today it says “form of aramaic that is used in the books of daniel and ezra in the hebrew bible”.
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Biblical Aramaic is the form of the Aramaic language that is used in the books of Daniel , Ezra and a few other places in the Hebrew Bible .1 See the article on the Aramaic of Jesus for the use of the language in the New Testament .2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “form of the aramaic language that is used in the books of daniel”. Today it says “form of aramaic that is used in the books of daniel and ezra in the hebrew bible”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
form of the aramaic language that is used in the books of daniel
Now
form of aramaic that is used in the books of daniel and ezra in the hebrew bible
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