Silver pendant with the name of Jesus in Aramaic on Jerusalem stone

Silver chain and pendant with the name Jesus (Yeshua) written in Aramaic.

Until the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BC, the Jewish population had still spoken Hebrew.

A large part of the ancient Jewish writings is therefore written in Hebrew. Later, in the Jewish diaspora, Hebrew remained a sacred language.

But already after the destruction of the First Temple, Aramaic gained importance for the Jews in the Middle East. Also at the time when an itinerant preacher was born in Nazareth.

Scientists assume that Jesus "Yeshua" spoke mainly Aramaic in everyday life.