08-20-2010, 05:19 PM
On #5, I have considered the possibility that the original NT texts were a composite of Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, maybe some Latin. That perhaps the Greeks were the first to compile it all into Greek, and that later on the Peshitta NT compiled it into a more concise and consistent Syriac, carrying with it a better representation of the original idioms. But these are just suppositions on my part, without any hard evidence to back it up.
On #7, my understanding is that the Peshitta OT is a translation of the Hebrew. So that is the level I assign to it.
On #7, my understanding is that the Peshitta OT is a translation of the Hebrew. So that is the level I assign to it.