02-07-2004, 09:33 AM
Zechariah14 Wrote:drmlanc Wrote:Peshitto. Old Syriac is only of the 4 Gospels.
What is the 27 book Aramaic language canon called?
It is the Peshitto, right.....the one probably translated by Rabbula?
Hi there!
Paul Younan makes a reasonable case here
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that the old syriac is in fact the version made by Rabulla.
The western peshitto is much the same as the eastern peshitta, save that the westeners added the other five books which were never accepted in the liturgy of the eastern churches.
The differences are dialectical ones and the peshitto changes two verses to make their copy more monophysitic.
They changes hebrew 2:9 . Only three (I think ) surviving greek mss agree with the peshitta version here , although Jerome quotes the peshitta wording at one point!
Additionally they changes Acts chapter 20 to read God rather than Christ!