04-05-2008, 12:29 AM
Hi Jookie,
I'm not sure of the nature of your question: yes, there were American Protestant missionaries in the 19th-20th centuries who didn't like the native scriptures and translated the Greek into modern neo-Aramaic dialects for the benefit of their newly-formed protestant congregations (ie, the people they proselytized from among the CoE), but those are in no way related to the Peshitta. The text used on this site is based on ancient manuscript witnesses like the Khabouris and also the official printed version of the CoE.
I'm not sure of the nature of your question: yes, there were American Protestant missionaries in the 19th-20th centuries who didn't like the native scriptures and translated the Greek into modern neo-Aramaic dialects for the benefit of their newly-formed protestant congregations (ie, the people they proselytized from among the CoE), but those are in no way related to the Peshitta. The text used on this site is based on ancient manuscript witnesses like the Khabouris and also the official printed version of the CoE.