03-05-2010, 04:02 AM
ograabe Wrote:I believe we have proved in old forum discussions that the so-called Old Syriac (Old Scratch) is a not-very-old translatrion from a Greek version of the NT. It is not related to the Peshitta.
Otto
I dont know if I have read every post on this but I do remember Paul thinking that there was a relationship.
Quote:Rabbula did not make a "fresh" translation right from the Greek.
The Peshitta and OS are 70-80% word-for-word the exact same. There is definitely a relationship there.
What Rabbula did do was to use the Peshitta as a base and wherever it disagreed with Bezae he translated the Greek and inserted it in to the Peshitta reading.
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Was there some further discussion around this point?
It is curious though, that at times that seem quite unrelated to any theological themes, the OS deviates from the peshitta.