11-28-2008, 05:59 AM
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!
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
Andrew Gabriel Roth