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{{returnto}} [[Christianity]] | [[Bible]] | [[Formation and translation of the Bible]]
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Aramaic was the dominant language (or lingua franca) for hundreds of years in the major Jewish communities of the Palestine and Babylonia, following the invasion and exile of Israel and Judah by the Assyrians and Babylonians. To facilitate the study of Tanakh and make its public reading understood, translations into Aramaic were required.
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