{"id":8218,"date":"2023-07-22T09:33:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T14:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abudinen.com\/blog\/?p=8218"},"modified":"2023-07-24T06:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T11:25:26","slug":"interpretation-and-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abudinen.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/22\/interpretation-and-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Interpretation and translation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The consensus within biblical scholarship, although not universal, is that the Old Testament<\/a> of the Peshitta was translated into Syriac<\/a> from Biblical Hebrew<\/a>, probably in the 2nd century AD, and that the New Testament<\/a> of the Peshitta was translated from the Greek, probably in the early 5th century.[4]<\/a>[5]<\/a><\/sup> This New Testament, originally excluding certain disputed books<\/a> (2 Peter<\/a>, 2 John<\/a>, 3 John<\/a>, Jude<\/a>, Revelation<\/a>), had become a standard by the early 5th century. The five excluded books were added in the Harklean Version<\/a> (AD 616) of Thomas of Harqel<\/a>.[6]<\/a>[7]<\/a>[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a detailed examination of Matthew 1\u201314, Gwilliam found that the Peshitta agrees with the Textus Receptus<\/a><\/em> only 108 times and with the Codex Vaticanus<\/a><\/em> 65 times. Meanwhile, in 137 instances it differs from both, usually with the support of the Old Syriac and the Old Latin, and in 31 instances it stands alone.[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A statement by Eusebius<\/a> that Hegesippus<\/a> “made some quotations from the Gospel according to the Hebrews and from the Syriac Gospel,” means we should have a reference to a Syriac New Testament as early as 160\u2013180 AD, the time of that Hebrew Christian writer. The translation of the New Testament has been admired by Syriac scholars, who have deemed it “careful, faithful, and literal” with it sometimes being referred to as the “Queen of the versions.”[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Sebastian P. Brock The Bible in the Syriac Tradition<\/a> St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1988. Quote Page 13: “The Peshitta Old Testament was translated directly from the original Hebrew text, and the Peshitta New Testament directly from the original Greek”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. ^<\/a><\/strong> Metzger, Bruce M. (1977). The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission and Limitations<\/em>. Oxford University Press. p. 57\u201358. The hypothesis that the Peshitta version of the New Testament was made by or for Rabbula, bishop of Edessa, probably in the early years of his episcopate, which extended from A.D. 411 to 435 (…) The hypothesis of the Rabbulan authorship of the Peshitta New Testament soon came to be adopted by almost all scholars.<\/q><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. ^<\/a><\/strong> Bromiley, Geoffrey W.<\/a> (1995). The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Q-Z<\/em>. p. 976. ISBN<\/a> 0-8028-3784-0<\/bdi><\/a>. Printed editions of the Peshitta frequently contain these books in order to fill the gaps. D. Harklean Version. The Harklean version is connected with the labors of Thomas of Harqel. When thousands were fleeing Khosrou’s invading armies, …<\/q><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. ^<\/a><\/strong> Kiraz, George Anton<\/a> (2002) [1996]. Comparative Edition of the Syriac Gospels: Aligning the Old Syriac Sinaiticus, Curetonianus, Peshitta and Harklean Versions<\/em> (2nd ed.). Piscataway, New Jersey<\/a>: Gorgias Press<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. ^<\/a><\/strong> Kiraz, George Anton<\/a> (2004) [1996]. Comparative Edition of the Syriac Gospels: Aligning the Old Syriac Sinaiticus, Curetonianus, Peshitta and Harklean Versions<\/em> (3rd ed.). Piscataway, New Jersey<\/a>: Gorgias Press<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. ^<\/a><\/strong> Bruce M. Metzger<\/a>, The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission and Limitations<\/em> (Oxford University Press 1977), p. 50.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. ^<\/a><\/strong> “Syriac Versions of the Bible, by Thomas Nicol”<\/a>. www.bible-researcher.com<\/em>. Retrieved 2019-11-11.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Biblical scholars<\/a> agree that the first five books of the Hebrew Bible<\/a> were translated from Biblical Hebrew<\/a> into Koine Greek<\/a> by Jews living in the Ptolemaic Kingdom<\/a>, probably in the early or middle part of the third century BCE.[8]<\/a><\/sup> The remaining books were presumably translated in the 2nd century BCE.[4]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup>[10]<\/a><\/sup> Some targumim<\/a> translating or paraphrasing the Bible into Aramaic<\/a> were also made during the Second Temple period<\/a>.[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1.  Ross, William A. (15 November 2021). “The Most Important Bible Translation You’ve Never Heard Of”<\/a>. Articles<\/em>. Scottsdale, Arizona: Text & Canon Institute of the Phoenix Seminary<\/a>. Retrieved 25 December 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. ^ Jump up to:a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> Beckwith, Roger T. (2008). The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church: and its Background in Early Judaism<\/em>. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock. pp. 382, 383. ISBN<\/a> 978-1606082492<\/bdi><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. ^ Jump up to:a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> Tov, Emanuel<\/a> (1988). “The Septuagint”<\/a>. In Mulder, Martin Jan; Sysling, Harry (eds.). Mikra: text, translation, reading, and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in ancient Judaism and early Christianity<\/em>. Philadelphia: Fortress Press. pp. 161\u20132. ISBN<\/a> 0800606043<\/bdi><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. ^<\/a><\/strong> van Staalduine-Sulman, Eveline (2020). “Simeon the Just, the Septuagint and Targum Jonathan”. In Shepherd, David James; Joosten, Jan<\/a>; van der Meer, Micha\u00ebl (eds.). Septuagint, Targum and Beyond: Comparing Aramaic and Greek Versions from Jewish Antiquity<\/em><\/a>. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism. Vol. 193. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. p. 327. ISBN<\/a> 978-9004416727<\/bdi><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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