I’ve been busy as anything the past few days, so I have not had the time to report directly about these, but here’s some fresh Aramaic-related news:

• Jim DaVila reports about the graffiti deciphered in Israel noting a small goof in how Aramaic is related to Hebrew and Arabic.
• Also from Jim, a new book on Jewish Babylonian Aramaic has been published by Eisenbrauns.
• H. H. Hardy, noting this trend in mistaking Aramaic’s place on the linguistic tree, discusses the relationship between Aramaic and Hebrew.

Re: the Aramaic misclassification: Who in the press is checking their sources nowadays? Not as bad a blunder as some of the Lead Codices related nonsense, but it’s still irksome.

Peace,
-Steve