Aramaic in Tasmania?

SYRIAC WATCH: New Tasmanian MP George Razay sings ancient Aramaic prayer in parliament (Pulse Tasmania).

New Independent Bass MP George Razay has broken out into song during his maiden speech to the Tasmanian parliament today.

George Razay recited the Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago.

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Well it was in Syriac, which is a rather different (Edessan) dialect from Jesus's Galilean Aramaic. But still Aramaic.

There is a video of his recitation.

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