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Yonan Codex
#1
Shlama:
There are two complete extant manuscripts of the Aramaic Peshitta (that I know of) in the west. The Khabouris Codex is well documented and the transcribed source text is made available at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dukhrana.com">http://www.dukhrana.com</a><!-- m -->. The other extant manuscript is the Yonan Codex which was originally in the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. but is now in The Van Kampen Collection in Grand Haven, Michigan, USA. In 2002, the Collection relocated to Orlando, Florida.

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On page 2 "THE SAGA OF THE YONAN CODEX" by Bruce M. Metzger, Princeton Theological Seminary , the picture of the page containing Matthew 5 (The Beatitudes) is written in East Adiabene (Swadaya) text type. Interestingly pages 13, 14, 38, 39, 53 and 54 of the Khabouris Codex are also written in the Swadaya text type. The rest of the Khabouris Codex is in Estrangelo text type, as is the Crawford Codex.

However, according to the article by Bruce Metzger, the beginning and end of the Yonan Codex are of a later hand and this accounts for the Swadaya text type in the photo. I can only guess that the rest of the Yonan Codex is in the Estrangelo text type.

The text of the parchment folios begins with Matthew
9:35 and closes with Hebrews 12:9. Its present binding of
boards includes at the beginning sixteen folios of paper of a
much later date and four folios at the end, each page
containing twenty-one or twenty-two lines of larger script;
these provide in a totally different hand the portions of the
text of Matthew and Hebrews lacking in the original parchment
codex.

The Yonan Codex, an extant text dating much earlier than the Khabouris Codex begs further research in comparison with the Khabouris Codex.

Shlama,
Stephen
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Shlama Akhi Paul:
What is your take on the Yonan Codex?

Shlama,
Stephen
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Shlama Khulkon:
It's been a long time in the works, and we finally have the beginning of the Yonan Codex page on <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dukhrana.com">http://www.dukhrana.com</a><!-- m -->. The Yonan Codex page can be accessed via the menu. The Van Kampen Collection at the Holyland Experience in Orlando Florida has begun a joint venture with Dukhrana Biblical Research to transcribe and translate the Yonan Codex.
As more information is received we will share it with you. For now feel free to check out the pages and transcription. Also posted is The Saga of the Yonan Codex, by the late Dr. Bruce Metzger. It would appear that he was the last scholar to have handled, studied and documented the Yonan Codex. Perhaps now more light will be shed on its pages as it is made available to the public through Dukhrana Biblical Research and the kind participation of the people at the Van Kampen Collection in Orlando.

Shlama,
Stephen Silver
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#4
Aki Stephen,

I'm thrilled to see the results of the Yonan codex online.

Much success and blessings on this.
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#5
distazo Wrote:Aki Stephen,

I'm thrilled to see the results of the Yonan codex online.

Much success and blessings on this.

Shlama distazo:
We're thrilled as well. Thanks for the encouragement. <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: -->

Shlama,
Stephen Silver
Dukhrana Biblical Research
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#6
Shlama Khulkon:
I have received 10 more double pages of the Yonan Codex. It's the complete text of Luke 9:19 - 16:1. I've created a basic Index of the pages. These pages will shortly be posted on <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dukhrana.com">http://www.dukhrana.com</a><!-- m --> as a continual upgrade of the Yonan Codex page.

101a 9:19 - 9:35
101b 9:35 - 9:50
102a 9:50 - 10:3
102b 10:3 - 10:19
103a 10:19 - 10:34
103b 10:34 - 11:5
104a 11:5 - 11:21
104b 11:21 - 11:34
105a 11:34 - 11:50
105b 11:50 - 12:10
106a 12:10 - 12:27
106b 12:27 - 12:42
107a 12:42 - 12:56
107b 12:56 - 13:12
108a 13:12 - 13:26
108b 13:26 - 14:6
109a 14:6 - 14:20
109b 14:20 - 14:33
110a 14:33 - 15:14
110b 15:14 - 16:1



Shlama,
Stephen Silver
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Quote:The Yonan Codex, an extant text dating much earlier than the Khabouris Codex begs further research in comparison with the Khabouris Codex.

Then....how old is Yonan Codex?
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Havah Wrote:
Quote:The Yonan Codex, an extant text dating much earlier than the Khabouris Codex begs further research in comparison with the Khabouris Codex.

Then....how old is Yonan Codex?

Shlama Havah:
The Yonan Codex, according to the late Dr. Bruce Metzger is from the seventh century or later.

This version, made near the beginning of the fifth century,
comprises twenty-two books of the New Testament (2 Peter,
2 and 3 John, Jude, and Revelation are absent).
In order to determine the approximate date of the
manuscript I compared the style of its handwriting with
specimens of dated facsimiles in William H. P. Hatch???s
Album of Dated Syriac Manuscripts 3 and came to the conclusion
that the codex dated to about the seventh century at
the earliest, and was perhaps slightly later.


I have quoted from "THE SAGA OF THE YONAN CODEX"
Bruce M. Metzger, Princeton Theological Seminary

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The Yonan Codex is an accurate copy of a previous manuscript which was probably a scroll. That's my honest opinion.

Shlama,
Stephen Silver
Dukhrana Biblical Research
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