09-13-2008, 05:37 AM
Shlama akhi Stephen,
Astute observation! It never occurred to me. What a thought-provoker!
And if some Catholic scholars have known that Jerome translated from the Peshitta, and knew the Peshitta to be original, this makes sense to me why they'd have stuck so ardently to the Vulgate all this time. Just as the Orthodox have clung to the Greek because of the Septuagintal foundation (which I've been getting more and more impressions of it containing some superior readings than found in the MT). Like trails of crumbs of truth scattered all over the place. Reminds me of Ruach Qadim 2 for some reason LOL!
Really though, your observation really does strike me. Perhaps that's WHY the Vulgate was called The Vulgate ("vulgar" tongue, i.e. common tongue)???
~Ryan
Quote:(BTW-peshitta/simple is roughly equivalent to vulgate/common)
Astute observation! It never occurred to me. What a thought-provoker!
And if some Catholic scholars have known that Jerome translated from the Peshitta, and knew the Peshitta to be original, this makes sense to me why they'd have stuck so ardently to the Vulgate all this time. Just as the Orthodox have clung to the Greek because of the Septuagintal foundation (which I've been getting more and more impressions of it containing some superior readings than found in the MT). Like trails of crumbs of truth scattered all over the place. Reminds me of Ruach Qadim 2 for some reason LOL!
Really though, your observation really does strike me. Perhaps that's WHY the Vulgate was called The Vulgate ("vulgar" tongue, i.e. common tongue)???
~Ryan