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 1 16,2|      Jewish translation into Aramaic) and the LXX (second century
 2 17,3|     Hebrew supports, and the Aramaic permits a date after the
 3 17,3|     written in Hebrew but in Aramaic, and it is almost universally
 4 17,3|   The usual explanation that Aramaic, an international language,
 5 17,3| expect under this theory the Aramaic to begin with 2:1 or even
 6 17,3|     book was translated into Aramaic a century or more after
 7 17,3|   and it was replaced by the Aramaic. The objection that the
 8 17,3|      the Persian, are in the Aramaic section. If the writer were
 9 17,3|    of them. If, however, the Aramaic is a century or two later,
10 17,4|     having been re­placed by Aramaic. This would sweep away the
11 17,8|    the words were written in Aramaic (or more probably Hebrew —