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Etheridge
#1
I am wondering which verison of the Aramaic Bible is translated by John Wesley Etheridge? The Eastern Peshitta, or the Western Peshitto?

Thanks,
Chuck
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#2
If we check his translation of Hebrews 2:9, as mentioned in another post, it appears that he's translating from the western text. The Lamsa reading is consistent with the Khabouris text. The UBS scribes opted for the western reading when compiling their text. See interlinear on dukhrana w/ Khabouris. It appears that the Peshitto text varies also from the Greek texts, because it's missing a daleth before Alaha, thus it is significantly different in meaning than both the Peshitta and Greek texts. The Greek seems to opt out of the issue altogether, and the Peshitta and Peshitto seem to be contending with each other. The Vulgate follows the Greek reading.
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#3
Yes, Etheridge used Western Peshitto for his translation.
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#4
Thanks bros....so is there an Eastern Peshitta Text ONLY in English out there?
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#5
Hello Thirdwoe,
I recommend William Norton's translation (From Romans to 1 John) for seventeen books. He studied Peshitta and Peshitto for his translation. But he calls both Eastern and Western manuscripts Peshitto, because Peshitto was the common word used for both Peshitta and Peshitto manuscripts. But Ooromiah Edition he used is Peshitta. It shows the difference between Peshitta and Peshitto. And I believe he favors Peshitta over Peshitto.

Here is his first book. This book contains translations from Hebrews to 1 John. This books also mentions about the valuable history of Peshitta.

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Here is Norton's second book. Here is the link.

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Click on PDF on the right side to download the book. This book contains translations from Romans to Philemon.

At the end of each book, there is an end commentary. Here is an example - "Finished is the second letter of Thessaloneans, which was written from Laodicea of Pisidia, and was sent by the hands of Tychicus." According to Paul Younan, these end commentaries aren't in early Peshitta and early Peshitto manuscripts. They were added in later Peshitta and Peshitto manuscripts. So you can avoid these end commentaries. I believe Norton only had access to later manuscripts. But I must say his translation is absolutely great. The only difference between early Peshitta and later Peshitta is these end commentaries at the end of each book.

Laurence. L Sheets and I did organize some parts of the Paul Younan's interlinear translation of Peshitta.
I don't know if you downloaded this file. But here is a link.

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This file has all chapters of Matthew and Mark (first 11 chapters and 16th chapter). But I didn't get a chance to finish Mark. After around 50 seconds waiting, you can click on regular download.

konway87
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#6
WOW....Just Wow. Thanks for that link!!!

Please tell me this is also available for the Gospels and Acts...The introduction there is worth a large truckload of gold. I am going to be gerttting the hard copies of this...
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#7
Unfortunately, William Norton was mostly focusing on 17 letters of Peshitta NT. But he did research on Gospels and Acts. But I don't think he translated the Gospels. But he does mention what isn't in Gospels and in Acts of Peshitta. For Example, he mentions Pericope de Adultera isn't found in "most" Peshitto manuscripts. Informations like these are found in his first book that translates from Hebrews to 1 John. I think Page no. is 74.
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