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• Aramaic, by this time, had gained such a firm grip on Jewish life and customs, that it was here to stay. While Hebrew was certainly still the Holy Language, Aramaic was Judaism’s second Holy Language.
• And just a few centuries later, at the time of Jesus, Aramaic was still very much still in use amongst Jews both in the Land of Israel and in Babylon. The Talmud, after all, was being written down at this time. The two versions of the Talmud, the Jerusalem Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud, were both written in Aramaic.