Book of the Cave of Treasures
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Title
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Book of the Cave of Treasures
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Date
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6th century
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Description
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and from Adam until the present time they were all of one speech and one language. They all spake this language, that is to say Syriac, which is Aramaic, and this language is the king of all languages. Now, ancient writers have erred in that they said that Hebrew was the first [language], and in this matter they have mingled an ignorant mistake in their writing. For all the languages that are in the world are derived from Syriac, and all the languages in books are mingled with it."
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Language
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Translated from Syriac to English
