09-22-2003, 10:30 PM
"No, Chris, this is not my theory... I'm not trying to argue this at all."
Cool. Both texts have their ups and downs...
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As for Old Syriac, I think that is the biggest enemy... A lot of people's arguments against the Peshitta are often really against the Old Syriac!
For example? "
From discussions I have had with Greek primists. They often will say things like "the Peshitta is a revision of the Old Syriac", when it is actually sort of the other way around. And things like "the Peshitta is translated from the Greek" - This is not so, it is the OS which is translated form the Greek. When there are faults in the OS, people like to use this as evidence against the Peshitta, which is of course, ridiculous.
Cool. Both texts have their ups and downs...
"Quote:
As for Old Syriac, I think that is the biggest enemy... A lot of people's arguments against the Peshitta are often really against the Old Syriac!
For example? "
From discussions I have had with Greek primists. They often will say things like "the Peshitta is a revision of the Old Syriac", when it is actually sort of the other way around. And things like "the Peshitta is translated from the Greek" - This is not so, it is the OS which is translated form the Greek. When there are faults in the OS, people like to use this as evidence against the Peshitta, which is of course, ridiculous.