use of OS by ancient Aramaic-speaking Christians

[Paul Younan]

Akhi Dave,

Again - the Arabic Diatesseron reads just like the Peshitta.

It may very well have been somebody in the West who altered Ephraem's readings, too.

Do you see how useless this discussion is?

How can you prove that Ephraem's commentary wasn't messed with by the western church?

How can I prove that Aphrahat's demonstrations weren't messed with by the eastern church?

We can't.

So there you have it. We must rely only on the texts themselves, and see which has the perfect grammar, which has mistranslation and which one is the more original reading.

We cannot trust what church "patristics" quote - since, like you said, they could have been tampered with.

And, you see, that's Yuri's (and Trimm's, and Metzger's) whole life you're about to throw away.