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Another very cool edition of Murdock
#1
Shlama all--

I just found another version of Murdock's Aramaic NT at Google Books: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=COIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1&dq=james+murdock+1915&lr=">http://books.google.com/books?id=COIUAA ... k+1915&lr=</a><!-- m -->.

This is the 9th edition done in 1915 and contains quite a bit of extra materials done by the editors at that time, long after Murdock himself had died. One of these "new scholars" was a guy named Horace L. Hastings who has a detailed introductory piece giving more insight into the history of the printed Peshitta and how knowledge of the Peshitta very gradually crept into the West. It's a really good read, along with some other bilbiographic information at the end. The other advantage is for those who have the 1852 online edition is this imprint is very clear; the previous one has a lot of black spots and smudges, which I am guessing is due to wear and tear on the microfilm that was digitally transferred.

Enjoy!
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth
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#2
Shlama,

Thank you for this link. I'm downloading now.
Ya'aqub Younan-Levine
Aramaica.org
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#3
Shlama,

Well, I tried several times to download the PDF from Google books but it's a no go for some reason. <!-- sHuh --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/huh.gif" alt="Huh" title="Huh" /><!-- sHuh -->
Ya'aqub Younan-Levine
Aramaica.org
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#4
Shlama Akhi Yaaqub,

I don't know what the issue is on your end. If you have Adobe Reader or Acrobat it should work from here. I have tried it several times from two computers and it went right to the file.

If you can't get it through the link, try searching for James Murdock Syriac 1915 at the Google Books site. One thing I noticed is that it is better to type in the Google search engine "Google Books" because it is NOT on the world wide web. In other words, there is no "www" in its URL. If you try "Google Books.com" and it has "www" in it, then you will go to a software site for "Google Nemesis". Or try <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://googlebooks.com">http://googlebooks.com</a><!-- m -->, and see if that works. Hope this helps. Good luck!
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth
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#5
Andrew,
As near as I can tell as a new user on books.google.com there is no preview or downloadable PDF of this 1896 edition?
There is a limited preview of an edition published in 2002 stated author George Anton Kiraz but appears to be Murdock and it is much clearer than the 1852 edition?
Do you know if the status of this edition has changed?
Were you able to download a PDF at an earlier time?
Ross
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#6
Shlama,

Users outside United States need to use a proxy anonymizer to get a full view of some books on Google Books (it is a copyright issue: books in public domain inside USA could not be outside) and a fast conection to download it.

So I have downloaded this book and upload it to RapidShare if someone want it. Here is the link:

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://rapidshare.com/files/176367549/The_Syriac_New_Testament.pdf.html">http://rapidshare.com/files/176367549/T ... t.pdf.html</a><!-- m -->

This link is valid for 10 downloads only.

shlama
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#7
Shlama,

Thanks for the link Akhi.
Ya'aqub Younan-Levine
Aramaica.org
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