03-02-2012, 04:56 AM
I think its important to realise that the peshitta OT and the peshitta NT are two very different unrelated texts or compilations.
According to the COE, the peshitta NT is the work of early followers of Jesus.
It is thought by the COE that these texts were used and known by early followers of jesus and as a result naturally complied and kept.
The peshitta OT is a very different book, even though it too came to be used by the COE. It's origin in its present form is a bit obscure.
It is likely its origin is in texts of the Hebrew bible,used by Aramaic speaking jews. If so then its entirely possible there was more than one version or different variants of Aramaic translations of the hebrew bible being used in the early centuries.
So it doesn't automatically follow that he must have preferred the LXX
According to the COE, the peshitta NT is the work of early followers of Jesus.
It is thought by the COE that these texts were used and known by early followers of jesus and as a result naturally complied and kept.
The peshitta OT is a very different book, even though it too came to be used by the COE. It's origin in its present form is a bit obscure.
It is likely its origin is in texts of the Hebrew bible,used by Aramaic speaking jews. If so then its entirely possible there was more than one version or different variants of Aramaic translations of the hebrew bible being used in the early centuries.
So it doesn't automatically follow that he must have preferred the LXX