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• By the first century A.D., the Ashuri script had gained universal acceptance amongst Jews, when writing both Hebrew and Aramaic. The Jews used the Ashuri script for everything - to write the Hebrew Scriptures, to write Aramaic, and throughout everyday use. The Dead Sea Scrolls are also written in Ashuri script, although the letters look slightly different and it might take some practice to recognise them, at least at first. As time went on, the Ashuri script was used to write the Talmud and the Aramaic Targums or translations of the Hebrew Scriptures. Following the invention of the printing press, the early printed Hebrew Bibles were also printed in the Ashuri script. Amongst Jews, when writing both Hebrew and Aramaic, the Ashuri script was here to stay.