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"so sacred a deposite" - yaaqubyl - 12-28-2008 Shlama, Here's an interesting quote from Lyman Coleman's book Ancient Christianity Exemplified in the Private, Domestic, Social and Civil Life of the Primitive Christians: Quote:Among the books of the Nestorians are some very ancient manuscripts. There are copies of the New Testament, for instance, written, some on parchment and some on paper, which date back about six hundred years. Some of these are written in the Estrangelo, and some in the common Nestorian character. Coleman's book was published in 1852. That would make the claim for this particular Peshitta New Testament manuscript date back to around 352 AD. Concerning veneration and guardianship of the Peshitta, what a contrast I saw when visiting with a friend at her family's Messianic congregation a couple of weeks ago. There were Bibles, Torah and New Testaments sitting in the floor under the chairs getting kicked by shoes being shuffled back and forth. One child was coloring in the pages of a Chumash! Call me old fashioned but I was utterly shocked at the carelesness and blatant lack of respect for such holy texts! <!-- shocked: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/shocked.gif" alt="hocked:" title="Shocked" /><!-- shocked: --> The book quoted above is on Google books for those interesting in downloading a copy. Shlama |