06-15-2011, 08:24 PM
Paul,
What is the official position of the Chruch of the East as to Peshitta Primacy?
As I have said before, it may have been the case as to the Eastern Peshitta, that it was not translated from Greek copies, but rather from copies made of the Originals that were in Aramaic, made at the direction of the Apostles themselves to be used by the Aramaic speaking people groups...and that the 1st Greek copies, could very well have been made at the same time, or near the same timeframe, by the Apostles or at their direction to go out to those among the Greeks who were later coming into the Church and perhaps some of the Latin speaking people as well, as the Old Latin New Testament books can be seen quoted as far back as 156 A.D.
We know in the Book of Acts, that The Messiah commanded the Apostles to go 1st to the Jews, then to those of other groups, such as spoke Greek and Latin as well as the far off lands. The Jerusalem Church was all Hebrew/Aramaic speaking Jews, and even Antioch was 1st only Jewish peoples, who spoke Aramaic for the most part. It was later after these non-Jewish people came to Faith in Messiah, that the Believers in The Church of Antioch began to evangelize their Greek neighbors.
What is the official position of the Chruch of the East as to Peshitta Primacy?
As I have said before, it may have been the case as to the Eastern Peshitta, that it was not translated from Greek copies, but rather from copies made of the Originals that were in Aramaic, made at the direction of the Apostles themselves to be used by the Aramaic speaking people groups...and that the 1st Greek copies, could very well have been made at the same time, or near the same timeframe, by the Apostles or at their direction to go out to those among the Greeks who were later coming into the Church and perhaps some of the Latin speaking people as well, as the Old Latin New Testament books can be seen quoted as far back as 156 A.D.
We know in the Book of Acts, that The Messiah commanded the Apostles to go 1st to the Jews, then to those of other groups, such as spoke Greek and Latin as well as the far off lands. The Jerusalem Church was all Hebrew/Aramaic speaking Jews, and even Antioch was 1st only Jewish peoples, who spoke Aramaic for the most part. It was later after these non-Jewish people came to Faith in Messiah, that the Believers in The Church of Antioch began to evangelize their Greek neighbors.