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Best way to learn Syriac for cheap or free?
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Thirdwoe Wrote:Any difference? There is a variation of the two texts in Mark 1:17

Given your fervor, this is kinda funny actually. Can you point out this variant in the Syriac and explain it to everyone here reading along? They'll find it hilarious too. Lay them out side-by-side, please. <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile -->

I'd hazard to guess that all you did was scan through Dukhrana, comparing the standard Peshitta text there to the Khabouris transcription until you found something that didn't seem to match up visually. However, all it did was point out a prime example of why you do not have the experience to be taken seriously with any textual matters. This seals it. You do not even have a remedial grasp of Syriac orthography, its variations and implications, and what you (now at least) claim constitutes a "textual variant" seems to only be consistent when it's convenient for you. <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile -->

Had dam?alel baqe uvala` gamle, en? <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile -->

Thirdwoe Wrote:And Steve, it's not my true Peshitta, it is THE TRUE PESHITTA.

Show me a manuscript that doesn't have variants. This time you don't get to set the bar or threshold as to what "counts" as a variant, given your "example" in Mark 1:17. To be consistent, any variation now counts and invalidates the manuscript.

(Spoiler alert: You cannot.)

There is no One True Manuscript? or One True Version? in any tradition. That's a fantasy. An idol. They do not exist. This is the nature of manuscripts and hand copying and even with the invention of the printing press -- and yes, even digital media -- it's a problem that has not been eliminated.

And to harp upon baqe in this fashion misses the gamle; the `aba* for the ilane.

(*Granted Jesus would probably have used horsha, but I digress. <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile --> )

Otherwise, when in doubt, FAQ #5.

Peace,
-Steve
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Re: Best way to learn Syriac for cheap or free? - by SteveCaruso - 10-18-2014, 01:43 PM

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