12-30-2010, 05:59 PM
Shlama,
Could we actually have a copyist error in the Peshitta of Matthew 27:65 ?!?!?
Thanks to Jennings' dictionary we have the two manuscripts he's referring to, namely, the Philoxenian and Sinaitic Palimpsest (OS-S) - Old Syriac- Sinaiticus. Can it be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the word "quaestionarius" was NOT used before the Middle Ages as he has stated is my next concern. "Custodia" would be more natural since this would indicate a guard as opposed to a tormentor / executioner status of a "quaestionarius." "Resh" and "daleth" look quite a bit alike. Reading "kap" for "qoph" seems a bit strained but quite possible I suppose.
If this is a MAJOR OBJECTION to the antiquity of the Peshitta it seems to be a very important matter.
Bro. Larry
Could we actually have a copyist error in the Peshitta of Matthew 27:65 ?!?!?
Thanks to Jennings' dictionary we have the two manuscripts he's referring to, namely, the Philoxenian and Sinaitic Palimpsest (OS-S) - Old Syriac- Sinaiticus. Can it be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the word "quaestionarius" was NOT used before the Middle Ages as he has stated is my next concern. "Custodia" would be more natural since this would indicate a guard as opposed to a tormentor / executioner status of a "quaestionarius." "Resh" and "daleth" look quite a bit alike. Reading "kap" for "qoph" seems a bit strained but quite possible I suppose.
If this is a MAJOR OBJECTION to the antiquity of the Peshitta it seems to be a very important matter.
Bro. Larry