Ancient Semitic VII: Aramaic

In the seventh video of my new series I am talking about Aramaic. There are some detailed explanations on how to read and pronounce Targumic Aramaic and Syriac, but text samples also include Old Aramaic, Official Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, Hatran, Christian Palestinian Aramaic and Mandaic. Contents: 00:01:56 Varieties of Aramaic 00:14:22 Features of Aramaic 00:27:40 How to Read Old Aramaic (Concise) 00:39:31 Sample Text in Old Aramaic 00:46:45 Aramaic Scripts in Comparison 00:50:06 Sample Text in Official Aramaic 00:58:16 How to Read the Aramaic of Targum Onkelos (Detailed) 01:21:02 Sample Text in “Targumic Aramaic“ 01:28:34 Sample Text in Nabataean 01:37:40 Sample Text in Palmyrene 01:42:46 Sample Text in Hatran 01:48:50 How to Read Syriac (Detailed) 02:16:16 Sample Text in Syriac 02:21:41 Sample Text in Christian Palestinian Aramaic 02:27:26 Sample Text in Mandaic Please be aware that I do not want to waste my time on trolls, ideol