Aramaic News About the Blogosphere

I've been busy as anything the past few days, so I have not had the time to report directly about these, but here's some fresh Aramaic-related news:

Jim DaVila reports about the graffiti deciphered in Israel noting a small goof in how Aramaic is related to Hebrew and Arabic.
Also from Jim, a new book on Jewish Babylonian Aramaic has been published by Eisenbrauns.
H. H. Hardy, noting this trend in mistaking Aramaic's place on the linguistic tree, discusses the relationship between Aramaic and Hebrew.

Re: the Aramaic misclassification: Who in the press is checking their sources nowadays? Not as bad a blunder as some of the Lead Codices related nonsense, but it's still irksome.

Peace,
-Steve

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