08-05-2004, 08:00 PM
Akhi,
Here are data I have personally compiled doing computer analyses of the two versions:
Eastern Peshitta Western Peshitto
Matthew ??? 57,798 letters- 57,815 (+17 letters)
Mark - 36,326 letters - 36,333 (+7 letters)
Luke ??? 62,593 letters - 62,649 (+56 Lttrs. = +0.09% or 99.91% agreement
John ??? 47,884 letters - 48,516 (John 7:53-8:11 = 581),or 47,924 (+40) +0.08%)
Acts- 65,814 letters - 65,813 (-1) or -0.0015% ; 99.9985% agreement
270,415 271,126 minus (John 7:53-8:11 = 581) = 270,545
(-Jn 7:53-8:11) +0.048% or 99.952% agreement in letter #.
This is amazing agreement between the two ancient versions of The Aramaic churches, Eastern and Western !
Romans 24738 - Romans 24738 0.00%
1 Cor. 24535 - 1 Cor. 24534 -1 -0.004%
Romans-Hebrews 134451 - Romans-Hebrews 134438 -13 -0.01%
James-1 John 19386 - James-1 John 19387 1 0.01%
424,252 424,932
(- John 7:53-8:11)
424,351
There are only 99 letters more in The Western Version ! - 99.976665% overall text letter number agreement .
Western and Eastern Peshittas in text found in both.
John has the most variation between the two versions ; 99.90% agreement !
Apart from the Pericope de Adultera and the canon differences, these two ancient versions are practically identical !
This kind of agreement is unheard of among Greek mss; the only parallel is among Hebrew editions of the Old Testament Torah.
I have compared code results on The whole NT among four editions of The Peshitta; I also have compared The individual Gospel books and Acts for the same editions. The Western canon combined with The Eastern text of the 22 book Eastern canon seems to mark the closest to the original text we may ever be able to find; it may be the original itself without error in many or most of its books !
Three Western versions (Online Bible 1905 Syriac NT) , a transliterated Syriac NT at Peshitto.com and The Codefinder Edition of Peshitta compare thus:
Romans-Revelation
1905 Syriac NT
190,020 letters
Transliterated Peshitto
190,078 letters
Codefinder
190,003
75/190,020 = 0.0004 or 0.04 % difference; 99.96% agreement !
This amounts to approx. 1 letter difference per page.
Shlama w'burktha,
Dave Bauscher
Here are data I have personally compiled doing computer analyses of the two versions:
Eastern Peshitta Western Peshitto
Matthew ??? 57,798 letters- 57,815 (+17 letters)
Mark - 36,326 letters - 36,333 (+7 letters)
Luke ??? 62,593 letters - 62,649 (+56 Lttrs. = +0.09% or 99.91% agreement
John ??? 47,884 letters - 48,516 (John 7:53-8:11 = 581),or 47,924 (+40) +0.08%)
Acts- 65,814 letters - 65,813 (-1) or -0.0015% ; 99.9985% agreement
270,415 271,126 minus (John 7:53-8:11 = 581) = 270,545
(-Jn 7:53-8:11) +0.048% or 99.952% agreement in letter #.
This is amazing agreement between the two ancient versions of The Aramaic churches, Eastern and Western !
Romans 24738 - Romans 24738 0.00%
1 Cor. 24535 - 1 Cor. 24534 -1 -0.004%
Romans-Hebrews 134451 - Romans-Hebrews 134438 -13 -0.01%
James-1 John 19386 - James-1 John 19387 1 0.01%
424,252 424,932
(- John 7:53-8:11)
424,351
There are only 99 letters more in The Western Version ! - 99.976665% overall text letter number agreement .
Western and Eastern Peshittas in text found in both.
John has the most variation between the two versions ; 99.90% agreement !
Apart from the Pericope de Adultera and the canon differences, these two ancient versions are practically identical !
This kind of agreement is unheard of among Greek mss; the only parallel is among Hebrew editions of the Old Testament Torah.
I have compared code results on The whole NT among four editions of The Peshitta; I also have compared The individual Gospel books and Acts for the same editions. The Western canon combined with The Eastern text of the 22 book Eastern canon seems to mark the closest to the original text we may ever be able to find; it may be the original itself without error in many or most of its books !
Three Western versions (Online Bible 1905 Syriac NT) , a transliterated Syriac NT at Peshitto.com and The Codefinder Edition of Peshitta compare thus:
Romans-Revelation
1905 Syriac NT
190,020 letters
Transliterated Peshitto
190,078 letters
Codefinder
190,003
75/190,020 = 0.0004 or 0.04 % difference; 99.96% agreement !
This amounts to approx. 1 letter difference per page.
Shlama w'burktha,
Dave Bauscher