Arameans

The Arameans or Aramaeans were a Semitic, nomadic people mentioned six times in the Hebrew Bible, who dwelt in Aram-Naharaim or "Aram of the two rivers," also known as Mesopotamia, and the adjoining region including parts of modern Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Iran. The specific "two rivers" are variously identified by scholars, though one of the rivers is generally the Euphrates, and according to the Book of Jubilees, the other is the Tigris. The compilers of the Jewish Encyclopedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1701&letter=A, in 1901/8 did not find the name Aram in Babylonian or Assyrian inscriptions, but identified Naharaim with Nahrima in three tablets of the Amarna letters.

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Semitic: Semitic is an adjective referring to the peoples who have traditionally spoken Semitic languages or to things pertaining to them. Genetic analysis suggests that the Semitic peoples share a significant common ancestry, despite important differences and contributions from other groups. This genetic ...

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Hebrew Bible: Hebrew Bible refers to the common portions of the Jewish and Christian canons. Its use is favored by most academic Biblical scholars as a bias-free term that is preferred to both Tanakh and Old Testament when discussing the text in academic writing. (For instance, see section 4.3 of The SBL Handbook...