02-22-2011, 10:14 PM
@Rafa: thanks for the post. The Targumim were not complete translations, and were used as an aid for Jews whose grasp of Hebrew was too tenuous to follow the lectionary reading in the synagogue; they were without canonical authority. Perhaps my question to Alan would be better phrased: does the ACOE regard the Peshitta as the original, of which the Masoretic Text and Greek manuscripts are but translations, or is the Peshitta itself a translation done under Church authority?