09-06-2011, 10:41 PM
Quote:1-Thanks, but would you please tell me if this is accurate:
John 1:1
In the origin The Word had been existing and That Word had been existing with God and That Word was himself God.
2-Any information about the Lamsa Bible translation?
The verse you quote above is from Glenn David Bauscher's translation of the 1905 critical Aramaic text. As to its accuracy in every verse...he tries his best, but has his own theology in the mix...this is true also with the AENT by Andrew Gabriel Roth...and both these publications have many notes in them, which give their reasons for their translations. Though I see that Mr. Bauscher has a no notes version of his translation work.
Lamsa's translation is a hybrid of both the Eastern and Western Peshitta and Peshitto text...and he tries to make it conform to the King James Version in his renderings...and sometimes comes up with some stuff that is not in any text...I do not use it for study.
Do youself a favor and study an Interlinear, word for word, Aramaic to English "translation" such as Paul Younan's Interlinear of the Gospel's and Acts, here to the left "Interlinear NT" or at the Biblos site, which has Mr. Younan's and Mr. Bauscher's Interlinear's.
Also, Mrs. Janet Mageria has a translation and Interlinear available, which is from the Western "Peshitto" text.
BUT...you should read and study the Aramaic Text yourself...with the help of this tool at this site below, if you can't read Aramaic.
--->http://www.dukhrana.com/peshitta/
I believe that the Eastern Peshitta as it exists today in the oldest Eastern Manuscripts, date from the year 78 A.D., and was 1st given to the Church of Edessa, and copied and sent out to the Aramaic speaking Church of the East.
The Eastern Aramaic Text, has been proven to be an independant witness, not coming from any of the Greek textual families, in that its readings, though agreeing mostly with the Byzantine/Western/Majority text in its Text...and also with the Old Latin versions over the later Latin Vulgate...and even at times it is in agreement with the Greek Alexandrian/minority textual family, it has what can be seen a unique Text...not dependant upon any of these, but, I believe, preserving the true text in every verse.
Blessings.