 The terms "Christian Palestinian Aramaic" and "Melkite Aramaic" emphasise the confessional identity of the speakers and the distinctness from any Syriac variety of Aramaic.The term "Jerusalem Syriac" emphasises the location where the majority of inscriptions have been found, although the term "syrica Hierosolymitana" was introduced by J. D. Michaelis based on the appearance of the Arabic name of Jerusalem in the colophon of a Gospel lectionary of 1030 AD.It was also used in the first edition by Miniscalchi Erizzo.