07-11-2010, 01:39 AM
I've checked this out in further detail, and it is possible to get sect out of teaching! This is what exactly happened throughout Acts (5:17, 15:5, 24:5, 24:14, 26:5, 28:22). [font="Estrangelo (V1.1)"]0nplwy[/font] [yulpana] (translated as teaching/instruction) is found in the Peshitta, whereas a?resiv [hairesis] (translated as sect) is found in Greek. In all other places a?resiv [hairesis] (translated as heresy) is found (1Corinthians 11:19, Galatians 5:20), the Aramaic word is [font="Estrangelo (V1.1)"]0nyrx[/font] [cheryana] (translated as contention). In the translation work of Peshitto 2Peter, this same word appears in 2:1 and is not translated but instead transliterated to [font="Estrangelo (V1.1)"]Sysrh[/font] [heresis].
It's quite possible then that someone translating from Aramaic considered the whole thought and, seeing sect appear where it was, figured that he needed to insert the word ?d?v [hadas] (translated as the way) to smooth out the reading. Here's an idea of how that would work:
But this I confess unto you, that after (a) ____ which they call a sect...
What word would fit in (a) to make it read more smoothly? The Greek translator chose to insert ?d?v [hadas] (translated as the way) here. The word could be dropped and it would still make sense though, perhaps with different morphology on ?v [has]; (a) would be that.
Also note the word legousin [legusin] which can mean either which they call or which they speak. Clearly, according to the Peshitta reading would be best translated which they speak, but the fact that it appears before a?resiv [hairesis] constrains the meaning to the former. It's possible that the misunderstanding between teaching and sect made the translator opt to put legousin [legusin] before a?resiv [hairesis].
It's quite possible then that someone translating from Aramaic considered the whole thought and, seeing sect appear where it was, figured that he needed to insert the word ?d?v [hadas] (translated as the way) to smooth out the reading. Here's an idea of how that would work:
But this I confess unto you, that after (a) ____ which they call a sect...
What word would fit in (a) to make it read more smoothly? The Greek translator chose to insert ?d?v [hadas] (translated as the way) here. The word could be dropped and it would still make sense though, perhaps with different morphology on ?v [has]; (a) would be that.
Also note the word legousin [legusin] which can mean either which they call or which they speak. Clearly, according to the Peshitta reading would be best translated which they speak, but the fact that it appears before a?resiv [hairesis] constrains the meaning to the former. It's possible that the misunderstanding between teaching and sect made the translator opt to put legousin [legusin] before a?resiv [hairesis].