Arameans

Aramean Talent Adrian Lahdo Signs with Club Como

New Midyat Project Seeks to Draw Syriac-Arameans Back to Tur Abdin

The Story of Hanne Safar and His Family

The Enduring Roots: Aramean Clan and Family Structures in Tur Abdin

The Society of the Arameans in the Ancient Era

The Murder of Ibrahim Shabo, the Last Aramean Mayor of Midyat

Aboud Zazi – Izla Shafirto

Rozune—Coin in the Bread

King Abgar V of Edessa and the Letter to Christ

Tlawhe—Aramean Lentil Soup

Mushe bar Kipho (d. 903) — [Syr. Orth.] bishop of Beth Raman and writer. Born in Balad (Eski Mosul); became a monk at Mar Sargis on the “Dry Mountain” (Buṭmān). Professed at ~20 and c. 863 was consecrated bishop, taking the name Severos. Beth Raman was suffragan to Tagrit; some sources also include Beth Kiyonaye (Beth Bawazig/Waziq), Beth ʿArbaye, and Mosul. Died 12 Feb 903, aged ~70 (some say 90; birth c. 833).

Moshe bar Kepha

"And know this: Naaman, a man from the nations, was an Aramean, in Greek, instead of Aramean it is written Syriac."

An astonishing passage from Moses bar Kepho (d. 903) hits two birds with one stone and debunks two claims against the Arameans.

First, it refutes the claim that Aramean means pagan by distinguishing ܥܡ̈ܡܐ (nations, Gentiles) from ܐܪܡܝܐ (Aramean). Second, it equates Suryoyo (ܣܘܪܝܝܐ) with Aramean. 

Naaman was thus described as a Gentile/pagan Aramean, that is, a Syriac.

Commentary on Luke 4:27