Etymology
Origin of Aramean
1825–35; < Latin Aramae ( us ) (< Greek aramaîos of Aram ) + -an
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Seth Miller, who runs the popular Wandering Aramean blog agrees.
From Forbes ● Jan. 19, 2015
From 953-586 B.C. the Golan Heights was both a buffer zone and a contested area for the ancient Kingdom of Israel and the Aramean Kingdom in Damascus.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the towns was that of the Aramean tribe of Pekod.
From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
In course of time, Arabic replaced the Aramean dialect, and became the lingua franca of the Jews.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Israel Abrahams
In the inscriptions of the Assyrian king Sennacherib, Hargaranu is the name of an Aramean tribe.
From The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks
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