03-27-2011, 10:32 PM
It has been claimed that "the language of the peshitta, referred to as "Middle Syriac" (but really Eastern Middle Aramaic), distinct from the Old Syriac of numerous inscriptions, appeared in the 4th century." (See Beyer, Klaus, The Aramaic Language: Its Didstribution and Subdivisions, Goettingen: Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht, 1986, 43-44.)
Is this right?
If so what was the peshitta likely to have been in prior to this and how different would it have been?
Is this right?
If so what was the peshitta likely to have been in prior to this and how different would it have been?