03-06-2011, 07:58 PM
Paul Younan Wrote:Dear Distazo,
Which basically means that the NT Rev. Bauscher created, exists nowhere in the textual history. It is a creation in his own image. It is not authentic. It is how he feels the NT should be reconstructed, no doubt with guidance directly from the Holy Spirit. Which is fine, I guess, if you're ok with that.
Rev. Bauscher picks and chooses his beliefs as he picks and chooses what he considers scriptural, even to the point of reconstructing his own perfect Aramaic New Testament that exists nowhere in history. It is an attempt to squeeze an Aramaic peg through a Greek hole.
I prefer to stick with the evidence, defensible evidence...textual, archaeological and patristic.
+Shamasha
I respect that.
It's just a critical translation. In fact, when you base it on Peshitta, the few differences in the Eastern and Western also leave us with the choice, which one is 'authentic'?
(e.g. Hebrews 2;9)
I have no problems with 100% 'stick to the document' translations or with 'critical' ones, where some obvious scribe errors have been corrected.
Besides, I have a Syrian friend who has a modern Syrian Bible, translated from the Peshitta at Tor Abdin, which _also_ has John 8 but the font has been marked so it is made obvious to be an addition.