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Edward Hills Wrote: It is impossible to suppose that the Peshitta was his (Rabbula’s) handiwork, for if it had been produced under his auspices, his opponents would never have adopted it as their received New Testament text. (The King James Version Defended, 1956; Des Moines: The Christian Research Press, 1984), 172-174p.174). It must have been that the Peshitta was a very ancient version and that because it was so old the common people within the Aramaic Church continued to be loyal to it – regardless of the factions into which they came to be bitterly divided after 431 A.D. – precisely during the episcopate of Rabbula. No serious scholar or student today still subscribes to Burkitt’s hypothesis that the Tyrant of Edessa produced the Peshitta. The Peshitta is extensively quoted patristic writers long before the time of Rabbula – particularly by St. Aphrahat, the Bishop of Nineveh of the Church of the East. In his “Demonstrations” (~320 A.D.) – more than 100 years before Rabbula of Edessa was born, are found direct word-for-word quotes from the Peshitta against all other versions. It is impossible to suppose that the writings of Mar Aphrahat would quote a version that wouldn’t exist yet for another century! In summary, to believe Burkitt’s hypothesis that the Peshitta was the work of Rabbula’s hands would be akin to believing that the Roman Catholic Church would accept as their &[...x]