Origins - Aramaic

I've come across many interesting origins in studying, and jot them down here for future review. One worth mentioning is that of the Aramaic language. This was a dominant language spoken during Jesus' time. The dialogue of the movie "The Passion" was in Aramaic with english subtitles.

Aram was a region located in what is now Syria. What is interesting, however, is that Aram was actually a person mentioned in the Bible. Noah had three sons - Shem (the origin of the word Semite), Ham, and Japheth. One of Shem's sons was Aram. So the current country of Syria actually traces all the way back to a grandson of Noah.

It is interesting to note how some current countries of the world actually descended from one person, and that lineage can often times be traced all the way back.