10-23-2014, 08:52 AM
The Peshitta used to be highly revered by scholars in the West, but now it's fallen into obscurity (this has a lot to do with Westcott & Hort, as well as the discovery of the Old Syriac versions). I believe that the Peshitta is, if not the original, the closest representative of the original Aramaic New Testament. I just think the wordplay, puns, poetry, and polysemy are way to strong as evidence for me to ignore.