08-06-2012, 04:29 PM
Shlama,
What are some good resources to explore the varience between Jewish Palestinian Aramaic and the Syriac of the Peshitta? I was discussing the Peshitta briefly with a Biblical language expert this weekend who was mentioning the difference between the two and how the Syriac of the Peshitta is different from that which was spoken in the 1st century by Jesus and His apostles. Any comments or insights to this issue would be apreciated.
On a related note, from a Greek primacy perspective, we discussed the possibility of how the disciples likely jotted down notes in Aramaic from which they then used as a basis when compiling the Gospels. Although, if we are to look at various Aramaic primacy proofs in terms of mistranslation (for example, leper VS potter) then it seems unlikely that one of the disciples would mistranslate their own notes. Thoughts?
Luc
What are some good resources to explore the varience between Jewish Palestinian Aramaic and the Syriac of the Peshitta? I was discussing the Peshitta briefly with a Biblical language expert this weekend who was mentioning the difference between the two and how the Syriac of the Peshitta is different from that which was spoken in the 1st century by Jesus and His apostles. Any comments or insights to this issue would be apreciated.
On a related note, from a Greek primacy perspective, we discussed the possibility of how the disciples likely jotted down notes in Aramaic from which they then used as a basis when compiling the Gospels. Although, if we are to look at various Aramaic primacy proofs in terms of mistranslation (for example, leper VS potter) then it seems unlikely that one of the disciples would mistranslate their own notes. Thoughts?
Luc