10-05-2003, 02:21 AM
Shlama Akhi Yuri,
In Mar Aphrahat's Demonstrations on Faith, he puts these words in Meshikha's mouth:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Yhwdymltl rm0 0nkh
dxl dx Jwmxrtd Yndqwp wh 0nhd [/font]
(see CAL citation, Chapter 1 on Aphrahat's Demonstrations)
This is translated "Thus he spoke to his disciples: This is my commandment - that you love one another."
Now to prove to you that Mar Aphrahat was simply paraphrasing, and not directly quoting either the Peshitta or Old Scratch, I have provided their direct wordings for three different verses in Yukhanan which record a similiar saying by Meshikha:
Yukhanan 13:34:
Peshitta:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Nybxm Jwtywhd Jwkl 0n0 Bhy Fdx 0ndqwp[/font]
"A new commandment I give to you - that you should love one another."
Old Scratch:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Nybxm Jwwhtd Jwkl 0nbhy Fdx 0ndqwp[/font]
"A new commandment I give to you - that you should be loving to one another."
Yukhanan 15:12
Peshitta:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Jwbxtd Yndqwp wnh[/font]
"This is my commandment = that you should love one another."
Old Scratch:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Jwbxtd Yndqwp wnh[/font]
(same reading)
Yukhanan 15:17
Peshitta:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Jwbxtd Jwkl 0n0 dqpm Nylh[/font]
"this I command you: to love one another"
Old Scratch:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Nymxr Jwwhtd Jwkl 0ndqpm Nyd 0dh[/font]
"this, therefore, I command you: to be loving to one another."
Akhi Yuri - can you tell me whether or not Mar Aphrahat is citing any specific version here - or is he simply paraphrasing?
Or, is he supposedly quoting from a long-lost (possibly never having existed) "Old Scratch Diatesseron?" <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->
In Mar Aphrahat's Demonstrations on Faith, he puts these words in Meshikha's mouth:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Yhwdymltl rm0 0nkh
dxl dx Jwmxrtd Yndqwp wh 0nhd [/font]
(see CAL citation, Chapter 1 on Aphrahat's Demonstrations)
This is translated "Thus he spoke to his disciples: This is my commandment - that you love one another."
Now to prove to you that Mar Aphrahat was simply paraphrasing, and not directly quoting either the Peshitta or Old Scratch, I have provided their direct wordings for three different verses in Yukhanan which record a similiar saying by Meshikha:
Yukhanan 13:34:
Peshitta:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Nybxm Jwtywhd Jwkl 0n0 Bhy Fdx 0ndqwp[/font]
"A new commandment I give to you - that you should love one another."
Old Scratch:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Nybxm Jwwhtd Jwkl 0nbhy Fdx 0ndqwp[/font]
"A new commandment I give to you - that you should be loving to one another."
Yukhanan 15:12
Peshitta:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Jwbxtd Yndqwp wnh[/font]
"This is my commandment = that you should love one another."
Old Scratch:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Jwbxtd Yndqwp wnh[/font]
(same reading)
Yukhanan 15:17
Peshitta:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Jwbxtd Jwkl 0n0 dqpm Nylh[/font]
"this I command you: to love one another"
Old Scratch:
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]dxl dx Nymxr Jwwhtd Jwkl 0ndqpm Nyd 0dh[/font]
"this, therefore, I command you: to be loving to one another."
Akhi Yuri - can you tell me whether or not Mar Aphrahat is citing any specific version here - or is he simply paraphrasing?
Or, is he supposedly quoting from a long-lost (possibly never having existed) "Old Scratch Diatesseron?" <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan