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Friday, December 23, 2011
Time Magazine: At Christmas, a Maronite Christian Village in Israel Revives the Language Spoken by Jesus Christ
Their song sheets are in Aramaic script, which predates both Hebrew and Arabic and looks a little like both:
“When he sings the language, for me, it’s very emotional,” says Khalloul. “I feel like, ‘Why are we losing this language?’ A nation without its heritage will not exist. Let’s hope a few years from now we’ll be able to revive it, and revive our identity.”

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