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before I begin
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Greetings and Blessings,

First, I want to thank Burning One and Judge for their discussion. Both of you have been very helpful and kind. Now, I want to examine Paul's argument regarding Old Syriac.

He states that there is a relationship between the Peshitta and Old Syriac because comparatively, there is a 70-80% word-to-word match. After acknowledging this strong correlation between the two mss, Paul determines that the Old Syriac derives from both the Greek and the Peshitta. By what grounds?

There are a couple possibilities that explain the relationship:

a) The Peshitta is a modification of the Old Syriac
b) The Old Syriac is from both the Peshitta and the Greek
c) The Peshitta and Old Syriac are both separate translations of the Greek

Paul chooses (b) because it confirms his bias, as evident that he fails to provide any justification for his choice. As we know, there is a big difference between a correlation and causation. One cannot leap from a correlation, however strong, to a causation without first experimenting; one would need to develop an independent variable b) dependent variable c) a falsifiable hypothesis.

Subsequently, he states that Rabbula used the Peshitta as a template for the Old Syriac. But where's the proof? Before we tackle this particular question, we must examine his viewpoint. His Aramaic primacy stance is based on the following assumptions: 1) since the Syriac Church has existed since apostolic times, its scriptures must, too, be from apostolic times in the Aramaic language 2) the Syriac scriptures remained unchanged, word for word, in its original Aramaic, 3) from the beginning, these scriptures were known as Peshitta and (4) All of the Greek mss are translations of the Peshitta.

But where is the proof? Without showing evidence, Paul is begging the question.

I invite him to prove (1)-(4). The stipulation behind this invite is that all correlational research is inadmissable. I want to see the details of well-developed experiments that strengthen his standpoint before we can even approach questions about Old Syriac.

Kevin
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before I begin - by Kara - 02-22-2010, 09:51 PM
Re: before I begin - by Nimrod Warda - 02-22-2010, 10:56 PM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 02-25-2010, 01:26 AM
Re: before I begin - by Burning one - 02-25-2010, 03:12 AM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 02-25-2010, 07:40 PM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 02-26-2010, 12:40 AM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 02-26-2010, 01:26 AM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 02-26-2010, 12:26 PM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 02-26-2010, 12:43 PM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 02-26-2010, 06:05 PM
Re: before I begin - by Nimrod Warda - 02-26-2010, 07:03 PM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 02-26-2010, 07:55 PM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 02-26-2010, 08:59 PM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 02-26-2010, 09:05 PM
Re: before I begin - by Burning one - 03-04-2010, 09:43 PM
Re: before I begin - by ograabe - 03-05-2010, 03:42 AM
Re: before I begin - by Burning one - 03-05-2010, 03:46 AM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 03-05-2010, 04:02 AM
Re: before I begin - by Burning one - 03-05-2010, 04:47 AM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 03-06-2010, 01:05 AM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 03-07-2010, 11:06 PM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 03-08-2010, 07:34 AM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 03-09-2010, 06:03 AM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 03-10-2010, 01:09 AM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 03-10-2010, 02:08 AM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 03-10-2010, 05:23 AM
Re: before I begin - by Burning one - 03-10-2010, 07:24 AM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 03-10-2010, 07:44 AM
Re: before I begin - by Nimrod Warda - 03-10-2010, 02:09 PM
Re: before I begin - by Phil - 03-10-2010, 03:25 PM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 03-10-2010, 06:27 PM
Re: before I begin - by Nimrod Warda - 03-10-2010, 08:14 PM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 03-10-2010, 10:57 PM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 03-11-2010, 01:14 AM
Re: before I begin - by Stephen Silver - 03-11-2010, 01:57 AM
Re: before I begin - by judge - 03-11-2010, 03:52 AM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 03-11-2010, 04:40 AM
Re: before I begin - by Burning one - 03-11-2010, 05:45 AM
Re: before I begin - by Burning one - 03-11-2010, 06:07 AM
Re: before I begin - by Nimrod Warda - 03-11-2010, 03:35 PM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 03-11-2010, 05:28 PM
Re: before I begin - by Kara - 03-11-2010, 11:36 PM

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