The earliest most original gospel ie. the Peshitta

[Phil]

Thank you for your reply, Mr. Younan! Very helpful!
This mean, for example, that the Ambrosiano and the Khabouris Codex are like old aramaic? And the Peshitta Interlinear here at peshitta.org?

Hello Mr. Younan:

Please, what are the differences between the old aramaic and neo-assyrian editions? Is the script? Or is there something else?

Felipe

PS. I'm sorry for my rough English, but that is not my first language <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/poketoungeb.gif" alt="" title="Poke Tounge" /><!-- s -->

Hello Phil,

Your English is just fine.

The Assyrian version is a form of Neo-Aramaic, it is a simplified version of ancient Aramaic. Without being too technical, comparing modern Neo-Aramaic (sometimes called "Assyrian", "Chaldean" or "Syriac") with biblical Aramaic is somewhat similar to comparing American English with that of Shakespeare.

Both editions use the same script, the modern script which is called "swadaya" (that means "contemporary"), and include vowel markings. Looking at the two editions you would not be able to tell them apart from the script, the only difference being that one is in modern/easy Aramaic and the other in the ancient tongue which is a lot more complicated and less understood by the modern speakers (unless they are learned in the differences).

Hope that helps, take care.

+Shamasha Paul