11-04-2009, 11:03 AM
shlom lokh abun D'Alton,
The Philoxenian translation was rejected by the members of the Syriac Orthodox church for whom it was made. And the people continued to use the Peshitto.
The Harklean translation which was a revision of the Philoxenian, was used by the Syriac Orthodox Church for centuries, but eventually lost favour and the Church went back to the Peshitto (even during those centuries the Peshitto was still used.)
The other Syriac Churches continued to use the Peshitto/a, never using the above translations.
The Syriac Orthodox Church became Helenised early on, so it is not surprising that they would try to get closer to the Greek, where as the non-Helenised Churches didn't follow suite like the Assyrian Church, the Chaldean Church, and the Syriac Maronite Church.
I think Mor Philoxenus' comments have to be taken in light of the the path that the Syriac Orthodox Church chose to follow and the circumstances of that time period.
Here's a link to an earlier post that I had made on this forum:
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push bashlomo,
keefa-morun
The Philoxenian translation was rejected by the members of the Syriac Orthodox church for whom it was made. And the people continued to use the Peshitto.
The Harklean translation which was a revision of the Philoxenian, was used by the Syriac Orthodox Church for centuries, but eventually lost favour and the Church went back to the Peshitto (even during those centuries the Peshitto was still used.)
The other Syriac Churches continued to use the Peshitto/a, never using the above translations.
The Syriac Orthodox Church became Helenised early on, so it is not surprising that they would try to get closer to the Greek, where as the non-Helenised Churches didn't follow suite like the Assyrian Church, the Chaldean Church, and the Syriac Maronite Church.
I think Mor Philoxenus' comments have to be taken in light of the the path that the Syriac Orthodox Church chose to follow and the circumstances of that time period.
Here's a link to an earlier post that I had made on this forum:
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push bashlomo,
keefa-morun
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