10-19-2014, 03:11 AM
Steve,
I don't don a kilt either, thank God. <!-- s
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There are a number of variants in the Western revisions and versions, put there by the SO and others, which show their copies being brought more in line with the Greek text, Acts 8:37 comes to mind at present.
This work of revision was purposeful, and in some cases, whole versions were newly translated from a Greek source text into Aramaic. All these more modern revisions and versions of the original Aramaic NT text are not what is rightly called The Peshitta.
There are also many differences in the spelling of names and places based on the dialect of the region where these revisions and versions were made.
We know that the Assyrian Christians of The Church of the East have not been subjected to Western and Greek influences when it comes to their manuscript copies of The Aramaic New Testament, and have kept their Aramaic New Testament free from these later alterations.
They didn't change their original beliefs, and they didn't change their original New Testament text during the Western controversies over the two natures of Christ. The SO and other Western church groups did so, and you can see where they brought the text more in line with the Greek text in use in their lands. Their versions are hybrids.
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I don't don a kilt either, thank God. <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->There are a number of variants in the Western revisions and versions, put there by the SO and others, which show their copies being brought more in line with the Greek text, Acts 8:37 comes to mind at present.
This work of revision was purposeful, and in some cases, whole versions were newly translated from a Greek source text into Aramaic. All these more modern revisions and versions of the original Aramaic NT text are not what is rightly called The Peshitta.
There are also many differences in the spelling of names and places based on the dialect of the region where these revisions and versions were made.
We know that the Assyrian Christians of The Church of the East have not been subjected to Western and Greek influences when it comes to their manuscript copies of The Aramaic New Testament, and have kept their Aramaic New Testament free from these later alterations.
They didn't change their original beliefs, and they didn't change their original New Testament text during the Western controversies over the two natures of Christ. The SO and other Western church groups did so, and you can see where they brought the text more in line with the Greek text in use in their lands. Their versions are hybrids.
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