09-24-2013, 07:35 AM
ScorpioSniper2 Wrote:Does this have both the Aramaic text of the various versions and the English translations of each in parallel or is it Aramaic only? I'm thinking about possibly getting them if they have the English, but if not I'll probably need to wait until I get a better command of Aramaic. Also, is George A. Kiraz an Aramaic primacist?
Indeed, the Comparative Edition does not have any English translation in it. It's solely for the purpose of comparing the major Syriac versions. I actually obtained my copy directly from Dr. Kiraz as a gift after working on the original eBethArk? project with him many years back (back when *I* was a Peshitta primacist... wow that was a long time ago). He is a first class scholar of more conventional contentions and is certainly not a Peshitta primacist. As to his thoughts on the broader spectrum of Aramaic source criticism, I'm not sure he'd self-identify as an Aramaic primacist, either (with all that tends to entail). However, I could not not speak for him.