Aramaic and the Assyrian Empire

• In these lessons on the history and background of Aramaic, we have seen that Aramaic has a long and ancient history. Aramaic goes right back to the early days of the book of Genesis in the Bible, where it was spoken by Laban and the patriarchs who came from Mesopotamia. As we shall see, Mesopotamia was the heart of the ancient kingdom of Assyria, an empire which is intimately connected with both the Bible and Aramaic.