03-21-2011, 10:36 PM
More info about Hebrews 2:9.
(From William Norton's Book about Peshitto-Syriac Translation of Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, and 1 John, Page xxxix.)
"Theodore bishop of Mopsuestia, a celebrated Greek writer, who died about A.D. 429, said that some persons had removed the reading, " without God," and had substituted, " by the merciful favour of God. He said also that the context shows that the apostle was not speaking of God's mercy, but of the relation between the Deity and manhood of Christ. (See Tischendorf's 8th edn., under Heb. ii. 9.) Tischendorf says, "From these testimonies, it is certain that the reading, without God, did not originate with the Nestorians ; for Origen found it in his copies," There is no reason, therefore, to suppose that the Nestorian text of the Peshito in Heb. ii. 9, is the result of any
change made by them ; but there is reason, on the contrary, to regard it as part of the original text of the Peshito ; and a proof
that the Greek copies which had the same reading in the time of Origen were correct."
These are evidences that elevate the importance of Peshitta. Church of the East preserved Peshitta beautifully.
(From William Norton's Book about Peshitto-Syriac Translation of Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, and 1 John, Page xxxix.)
"Theodore bishop of Mopsuestia, a celebrated Greek writer, who died about A.D. 429, said that some persons had removed the reading, " without God," and had substituted, " by the merciful favour of God. He said also that the context shows that the apostle was not speaking of God's mercy, but of the relation between the Deity and manhood of Christ. (See Tischendorf's 8th edn., under Heb. ii. 9.) Tischendorf says, "From these testimonies, it is certain that the reading, without God, did not originate with the Nestorians ; for Origen found it in his copies," There is no reason, therefore, to suppose that the Nestorian text of the Peshito in Heb. ii. 9, is the result of any
change made by them ; but there is reason, on the contrary, to regard it as part of the original text of the Peshito ; and a proof
that the Greek copies which had the same reading in the time of Origen were correct."
These are evidences that elevate the importance of Peshitta. Church of the East preserved Peshitta beautifully.