03-01-2012, 10:12 PM
Hello everyone, last months I have been reading this great Bishop's works and it's obvious why he is called "interpreter par excellence" by Syrian Christians. I want to go over some of his testimonies regarding Peshitta though.
He didn't believe Peshitta and mostly concentrated on Septuagint, which is his only flaw according to scientists. Scientists generally criticize other Church Fathers for many more things...
But still, Theodore often agrees to the reading of Peshitta, for example on Hebrews 2:9, in which he bitterly mocks and criticizes all who write "in God's grace" or "God, in his grace", and favors "Apart from God, tasted death".
When it comes to him being against Peshitta, are these:
1) Richard Biss recently wrote on this forum about Amos 9:11-12 and it's obvious Theodore only knew Septuagint rendering of this text.
2) The second is a bit ironic. He seems to be criticizing Peshitta for putting "their kings" instead of "Malcom" in Zephaniah 1:5 and Amos 1:15, while exalting the importance of Septuagint. But, the real thing is, most of Septuagint manuscripts write "their kings" and Peshitta writes "Malcom". "
Also, it seems lot of bishops from Assyrian Church followed Theodore's idea that Song of Songs was just a love poem and didn't symbolize Church and Christ... It's written: "I am black but I am beautiful" - Church understood this as "I am sinner" and they anathematized Theodore for not thinking so. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/happy.gif" alt="" title="Happy" /><!-- s -->
But also, do you know how Assyrian Christians understand John 20:28? Theodore wrote that it wasn't applied to Christ but to God, and Thomas praised God for raising Christ(as a separate man, which is called Nestorianism)...
He didn't believe Peshitta and mostly concentrated on Septuagint, which is his only flaw according to scientists. Scientists generally criticize other Church Fathers for many more things...
But still, Theodore often agrees to the reading of Peshitta, for example on Hebrews 2:9, in which he bitterly mocks and criticizes all who write "in God's grace" or "God, in his grace", and favors "Apart from God, tasted death".
When it comes to him being against Peshitta, are these:
1) Richard Biss recently wrote on this forum about Amos 9:11-12 and it's obvious Theodore only knew Septuagint rendering of this text.
2) The second is a bit ironic. He seems to be criticizing Peshitta for putting "their kings" instead of "Malcom" in Zephaniah 1:5 and Amos 1:15, while exalting the importance of Septuagint. But, the real thing is, most of Septuagint manuscripts write "their kings" and Peshitta writes "Malcom". "
Also, it seems lot of bishops from Assyrian Church followed Theodore's idea that Song of Songs was just a love poem and didn't symbolize Church and Christ... It's written: "I am black but I am beautiful" - Church understood this as "I am sinner" and they anathematized Theodore for not thinking so. <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/happy.gif" alt="" title="Happy" /><!-- s -->But also, do you know how Assyrian Christians understand John 20:28? Theodore wrote that it wasn't applied to Christ but to God, and Thomas praised God for raising Christ(as a separate man, which is called Nestorianism)...