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• And so, with that introduction and background, let us examine more closely the destruction of A.D. 70. We shall not only look at the history of the period, but we shall also understand the significance and importance of these events in our story about the history and background of Aramaic. These events not only have profound significance to Jerusalem and the Jews, but they also have profound significance to the Aramaic and Hebrew manuscripts that can be found in Israel in the first and second centuries A.D.