10-29-2012, 01:22 PM
Thirdwoe Wrote::No, it's the old parallel Aramaic text w/Hebrew translation of the Peshitta (NT only) by the Aramaic Scriptures Research Society (sold by the Bible Society in Israel). It's a good word-for-word literal translation into Hebrew which helps tons for a guy like me whose Hebrew is a gazillion times better than my Aramaic (for now).
What is the Red Book? The CoE's Printed Aramaic New Testament?
Yeah, I can understand the let down for sure. I know Roth originally wanted just to post his commentary up on the web and then his webmaster encouraged him to publish it (they said this on GLC), and so I think over the next three years that was when Murdock and Younan were used to patch together the translation for the sake of getting the commentary out there. But, the errors oftentimes I think are not intentional but just things that were missed in the patch work process. He certainly did a better job IMO than the other supposed Aramaic based translations that Hebrew Roots has flung out there (I'm sure you've seen at least one them). But anyway, since Andrew and Baruch are open to feedback and I want to improve my language skills, I figure it's a win-win situation if I dissect some of it.
And Magiera, I agree, has very little bias. I always enjoy cross referencing her work (quick question though: is her standard translation and/or Messianic version the same lulu-type binding and paper as her concordance/dictionary/interlinears? I'm a sucker for a nicely bound book!)