12-13-2007, 07:15 AM
Dear Jason,
I have one more idea. Long ago I bought David Stern's 'Jewish New Testament'.
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Now, this is NOT a Syriac to English translation, but it's translated from *the Greek*.
However, it has A LOT of Hebraic sayings within it's pages.
I ALSO bought the audio tapes that are this Jewish New Testament that are READ aloud by Messianic Jew Jonathan Settel. He works for Disney, and has a great reading voice!
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A LOT of Hebrew SOUNDS much like Syriac. Enough to where if you learn the rudiments of transliterated Hebrew, and hear it spoken, it'll help you greatly to have a beginners understanding of Syriac.
Again, this IS NOT the P'shitta NT, but it could be a helpful tool in your early studies.
I feel like it's helped me understand Syriac a little better.
Christian Book Distributors has these JNT audio tapes on sale for around $36.00 these days, that's about $12.00 less than they usually are.
Food for thought.
Shalom, Albion
I have one more idea. Long ago I bought David Stern's 'Jewish New Testament'.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Jewish-New-Testament-David-Stern/dp/9653590065/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197529450&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Jewish-New-Testam ... 450&sr=8-1</a><!-- m -->
Now, this is NOT a Syriac to English translation, but it's translated from *the Greek*.
However, it has A LOT of Hebraic sayings within it's pages.
I ALSO bought the audio tapes that are this Jewish New Testament that are READ aloud by Messianic Jew Jonathan Settel. He works for Disney, and has a great reading voice!
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=3590073&netp_id=145550&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW&view=details">http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/ ... ew=details</a><!-- m -->
A LOT of Hebrew SOUNDS much like Syriac. Enough to where if you learn the rudiments of transliterated Hebrew, and hear it spoken, it'll help you greatly to have a beginners understanding of Syriac.
Again, this IS NOT the P'shitta NT, but it could be a helpful tool in your early studies.
I feel like it's helped me understand Syriac a little better.
Christian Book Distributors has these JNT audio tapes on sale for around $36.00 these days, that's about $12.00 less than they usually are.
Food for thought.
Shalom, Albion