10-08-2010, 10:22 PM
The New American Standard Bible (NASB, 1995 Edition) is not based on the Majority Greek text or the Peshitta. Like most of the other modern English versions (except the NKJV) the NASB is based on the faulty Minority Critical Greek Text. It does not agree with the Peshitta. The NASB has the numerous errors that go along with the Minority Text. The translators were aware of the more serious problems so they inserted in brackets the major missing words and phrases as found in the Majority Text, including the end of the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:13 which are missing in the Minority Text.
Concerning Lamsa's translation, I have read it carefully many times and compared it to the available Aramaic to English interlinear translations of the Peshitta, and found Lamsa to be sensitive to the true text in a way that is only possible for a native Aramaic speaker. Yes, he did include parts of the Western Text in order to make the content of his translation agree with the content of traditional Protestant Bibles.
Otto
Concerning Lamsa's translation, I have read it carefully many times and compared it to the available Aramaic to English interlinear translations of the Peshitta, and found Lamsa to be sensitive to the true text in a way that is only possible for a native Aramaic speaker. Yes, he did include parts of the Western Text in order to make the content of his translation agree with the content of traditional Protestant Bibles.
Otto