It's a Syriac rite (Syriac is the descendant of Aramaic, the langue Jesus and all of Mesopotamia spoke at the time) written by Ephrem the Syrian, a Saint of the Syriac church (the oldest church of the Levant).
Here are Bach's Passions performed with a distinct arabic flavor.
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