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 - Nomadic people - Hebrew Bible - Aram-Naharaim - Mesopotamia - Syria - Iraq - Jordan - Lebanon - Iran - Euphrates - Book of Jubilees - Tigris - Jewish Encyclopedia - Babylonia - Assyria - Amarna letters

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