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Proof of Peshitta's antiquity
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Shlama Akhay,

It takes a while to think this through, but it seems to be a very good proof for a very early date of the Peshitta. This is from page 50 of William Norton's Introduction to his book "A Translation in English Daily Used, of the Peshito-Syriac Text, and of the Received Greek Text of Hebrews, James, 1st Peter, and 1st John."

********{QUOTE}********** ...in Acts xxi.7, the Gk. has, Ptolemais; the Syriac has, Acu.
Mr. Jeremiah Jones, in his work on the Canon, 1798, contends that the use of the name Acu, for Ptolemais, is a decisive proof that the Peshito must have been made not far in time from A. D. 70, when Jerusalem was destroyed. (vol. i. p. 103.) He says that the most ancient name of this place among the Israelites was Aco, or Acco, Judges i. 31; that this name was afterwards changed to Ptolemais; that some say it had its new name from Ptolemy Philadelphus, about 250 B. C. He says it is certain that the old name Aco, was antiquated and out of use in the time of the Romans, and that the use of the old name Acu, in the Peshito, can be accounted for in no other way, but by supposing that the persons for whom the version was made were more acquainted with it, than with the new name Ptolemais; that upon any other supposition it would have been absurd for him to have used Acu. He says, that until the destruction of Jerusalem, one may suppose that the Jews may have retained the old name Aco still, out of fondness for its antiquity; but, he says, "how they, or any other part of Syria, could, after the Roman conquest, call it by a name different from the Romans, seems to me impossible to conceive.....To suppose, therefore, that this translation, in which we meet with this old name, instead of the new one, was made at any great distance of time after the destruction of Jerusalem, is to suppose the translator to have substituted an antiquated name known to but few, for a name well known to all." (pp. 104, 105.) ******{END OF QUOTE}******

Hmmm....substituting a name known to a few .... for a name well known to
all .... that's not real likely is it, Mr. Zorba? <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: --> <!-- s:bomb: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/bomb.gif" alt=":bomb:" title="The Bomb" /><!-- s:bomb: --> <!-- s:bigups: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/bigups.gif" alt=":bigups:" title="Big Ups" /><!-- s:bigups: -->

Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey
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Proof of Peshitta's antiquity - by Larry Kelsey - 04-12-2004, 04:13 AM
Akhi Larry - by Andrew Gabriel Roth - 04-13-2004, 12:49 AM
[No subject] - by Dave - 04-13-2004, 01:35 AM
Re: Akhi Larry - by Larry Kelsey - 04-13-2004, 03:38 AM
[No subject] - by Dave - 04-13-2004, 04:23 AM
[No subject] - by Larry Kelsey - 04-13-2004, 05:13 PM
[No subject] - by Dave - 04-13-2004, 08:33 PM
Re: - by Larry Kelsey - 04-14-2004, 04:57 AM
[No subject] - by Dave - 04-15-2004, 02:39 AM
Re: Akhi Larry - by Andrew Gabriel Roth - 04-16-2004, 01:02 AM

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