09-08-2008, 09:37 PM
Shlama Akhi Otto:
The Crawford Codex is the Peshitta New Testament with only one western change (Hebrews 2:9). Now I understand that the Crawford W-5 is the Philoxenian Recension, not the Harklean Version. I have noted the differences between the Crawford Codex and the Mosul text (Harklean) in the 4 Western Epistles. The book Remnants, does a thorough study on all of the known variants.
I have read the intro to Remnants of the Later Syriac Versions of the Bible which Paul Younan graciously posted. This is the difinitive work. Check out some of the names on this work, John Gwynn, Prof. F.C. Burkitt and Dr. Christian D. Ginsburg. This is a definitive work of 19th Century scholarship.
Remnants of the Later Syriac Versions
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Many on this forum have wondered what became of the Philoxinian Recension and it's been under our noses and in use as the Crawford Codex. The Crawford, Book of Revelation was available on the internet with John Gwynn's transcription of the original text. There are some slight differences between the Crawford (Philoxinian) and the Harklean (1891 Mosul text). However, as Remnants of the Later Syriac Versions clearly points out, the Harklean is a revision to conform to the western Greek oriented churches. Moreover one can easily study the entire W-5 at this time by downloading the PDF of Remnants.
Shlama,
Stephen
The Crawford Codex is the Peshitta New Testament with only one western change (Hebrews 2:9). Now I understand that the Crawford W-5 is the Philoxenian Recension, not the Harklean Version. I have noted the differences between the Crawford Codex and the Mosul text (Harklean) in the 4 Western Epistles. The book Remnants, does a thorough study on all of the known variants.
I have read the intro to Remnants of the Later Syriac Versions of the Bible which Paul Younan graciously posted. This is the difinitive work. Check out some of the names on this work, John Gwynn, Prof. F.C. Burkitt and Dr. Christian D. Ginsburg. This is a definitive work of 19th Century scholarship.
Remnants of the Later Syriac Versions
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.peshitta.org/pdf/western_five.pdf">http://www.peshitta.org/pdf/western_five.pdf</a><!-- m -->
Many on this forum have wondered what became of the Philoxinian Recension and it's been under our noses and in use as the Crawford Codex. The Crawford, Book of Revelation was available on the internet with John Gwynn's transcription of the original text. There are some slight differences between the Crawford (Philoxinian) and the Harklean (1891 Mosul text). However, as Remnants of the Later Syriac Versions clearly points out, the Harklean is a revision to conform to the western Greek oriented churches. Moreover one can easily study the entire W-5 at this time by downloading the PDF of Remnants.
Shlama,
Stephen