12-30-2008, 01:59 PM
yaaqubyl Wrote:ShlamaLightRay Wrote:Which Aramaic Old Testament Version are you refering to? Are you refering to the Targum? Or is there another Aramaic OT?
Shlama,
The Aramaic Peshitta Tanakh is a translation of the ancient Hebrew Tanakh and differs from the Targums. Generally when I refer to the Aramaic Tanakh I'm referring mainly to Codex Ambrosianus (which has all the books of the Peshitta OT and the socalled "Deuterocanonical" books including portions of Josephus' writings - copied in the 5th century A.D.) and secondarily to the manuscript published in 1852 and republished in 2003 by Wipf & Stock in Swadaya. The latter has some columns missing mainly from Chronicles and the printed text is very tiny. Some have said it is too difficult to read. I'm rescanning the entire edition in a larger size print (but finishing this will take a long time)
Shlama,
I have downloaded Dr Lamsa's Peshitta OT translation and that is the only one I have. Do you know of any other Translation of the Peshitta Tanakh? Is this the only or main translation?. I understand that Dr Lamsa's translation tried to keep as close to KJB as pos. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.aramaicpeshitta.com/">http://www.aramaicpeshitta.com/</a><!-- m -->
The interesting point here is which ancient Hebrew Tanakh is the Aramaic Peshitta off? As you know, the first Hebrew Tanakha was compiled and edited by Ezra in circa 450 BCE. The Greek Septuagint was translated from the Ezra Tanakh 200 years later. Unfortunately there is no record of the Ezra Tanakh ever surviving, so do you mean the Aramaic Peshitta Tanakh was translated from the original Ezra Tanakh (which is also reffered to as Proto Masoretic) ?
Shlama LR