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It is spoken today in parts of [[Lebanon]], northern [[Iraq]], [[Syria]] in addition to smaller communities in [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]].<ref>http://www.omniglot.com/writing/syriac.htm</ref>

It is spoken today in parts of [[Lebanon]], northern [[Iraq]], [[Syria]] in addition to smaller communities in [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]].<ref>http://www.omniglot.com/writing/syriac.htm</ref>

While many claim that Jesus taught in Aramaic and that the [[Gospels]] were originally written in that language, much evidence indicates that [[Greek]] was the language used both for Jesus's teachings and the initial drafts of the Gospels.

While many claim that Jesus taught in Aramaic and that the [[Gospels]] were originally written in that language, much evidence indicates that [[Greek]] was the language used both for Jesus's teachings and the initial drafts of the Gospels. Many terms used in the Gospels, such as "hypocrite" and "Iscariot", have no counterpart in Aramaic.<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/1507970</ref>

==The "Aramaic" Church==

==The "Aramaic" Church==

[[File:Syriac_characters.gif|thumb|Syriac alphabet, the modern form of Aramaic]]

[[File:Syriac_characters.gif|thumb|Syriac alphabet, the modern form of Aramaic]]