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Old Syriac Manuscripts
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Contrary to popular belief, the text as found in the Eastern Peshitta is internally attested to be at the very least 2nd century; and those Greek scholars who are honest and objective will have to agree. And if the witness testimony in Assameni's Bibliotheca Orientalis, of the Edessian Gospel seen on the altar in Baghdad is to be believed, which we believe is true, then, we have an Aramaic text of at least the Gospels, dating back no later than 78 A.D.

Mar Elia III, who was Patriarch of The Church of the East from 1176-1190 A.D. in one of his Homilies, gives witness to an ?old Edessian Gospel? which he saw sitting on the Altar of the Mar Sawrisho parish in the city of Baghdad, where he states that it was better than any of the newer copies with no missing letters, and which bore the date of 78 A.D., (?year 389 of the Greeks?) and as recorded in the colophon was handwritten by Mar Akhai, the companion of Mar Mari, the disciple of Mar Adai (Thaddeus) the Apostle.

Of course the Greek primacy adherents can't accept this at all, as it would mess up their NT transmission theories, and give some more weight to the text of the Aramaic NT. While they can't tell us which form of the Greek text could be the original, we know that the Eastern Peshitta text is the original form of the NT. It is just so obvious.

What we know about the Church of the East, is that it dates back in origin to at least the mid 1st century, being established by the Apostles of Christ themselves, and was very strong in the 2nd century onward, having spread out in many places in the Eastern lands.

The question should be asked, what language was the NT written in that these Aramaic speaking Christians of The Church of the East were hearing read each week? And if this "old syriac" text is really the older form of the Aramaic NT, then what is substantially different in it's text, as found in the text of the Eastern Peshitta? Let's look at some verses to see what we can learn.
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Old Syriac Manuscripts - by ScorpioSniper2 - 03-15-2014, 05:50 PM
Re: Old Syriac Manuscripts - by SteveCaruso - 03-16-2014, 10:26 PM
Re: Old Syriac Manuscripts - by Aramaic - 03-17-2014, 01:27 AM
Re: Old Syriac Manuscripts - by ScorpioSniper2 - 03-17-2014, 04:44 AM
Re: Old Syriac Manuscripts - by Paul Younan - 03-17-2014, 08:56 PM
Re: Old Syriac Manuscripts - by Bram - 03-24-2014, 02:43 AM
Re: Old Syriac Manuscripts - by Aramaic - 03-24-2014, 03:57 PM

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