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Back Breaker
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Yes, each copy of the Peshitta is nearly letter perfect to each other.

So what?

We do not have an autograph to compare our earliest copies to.

No Apostolic signature, no stamps, not even a postcard. Nada.

Therefore, accuracy in regards to letter-by-letter precision has no real weight in our discussion.
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Let's discuss the "Four-in-One."

Employing the four canonical Gospels and, perhaps, one or more extracanonical sources, Tatian wove a single, continuous narrative. He omitted doublets, harmonized discrepancies, and "corrected" omissions found in his source gospels"David Noel Freedman (Ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary On CD-ROM, 1997, New York: Doubleday (CD-ROM Edition by Logos Research Systems), (Under Diatesseron).

According to Freedman, Tatian "corrected" and "harmonized discrepancies" with the aid of "source Gospels."

In regards to these source Gospels,

The number and identity of the sources employed by Tatian remain unclear. Numerous readings attributed by Church Fathers to "the Gospel of the Hebrews" or "the Jewish Gospel" appear in the Diatessaron. An example is the "light" which shines in the Jordan at Jesus' baptism. Epiph. (haer. 30.13.7) says this stood in the "Hebrew Gospel"; the reading is also in Justin (Dial. 88.3) and at Matt 3:16 in two Old Latin mss{mss manuscripts} (a and g1, 4th and 9th century, respectively). Whether a "fifth source," such as Epiphanius' "Hebrew Gospel," is Tatian's source for this reading, or whether it came from a variant ms of the gospel of Matthew, as represented by the two Old Latin mss, cannot be determined until we have a clearer picture of the Gospels in the mid 2d{2d second} century. Nevertheless, a strong prima facie case can be made that Tatian employed sources other than the canonical Gospels, for there are numerous examples of such extracanonical readings in the Diatessaron

Textually speaking, the Diatessaron is a gold mine of early readings, some of which may, arguably, antedate the reading offered by the canonical Gospels" David Noel Freedman (Ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary On CD-ROM, 1997, New York: Doubleday (CD-ROM Edition by Logos Research Systems), (Under Diatesseron).

The Diatessaron was very popular.

"The Diatessaron proved itself one of the most popular editions of the Gospels ever produced. It was used by Catholic Christians, such as Ephrem Syrus, by Judaic Christians (Epiph., haer. 46.1.8-9), Manicheans, and missionaries, who took it to the furthest reaches of Christendom. Its greatest impact, however, was in Syria, where as late as the 5th century it was the standard gospel text" David Noel Freedman (Ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary On CD-ROM, 1997, New York: Doubleday (CD-ROM Edition by Logos Research Systems), (Under Diatesseron).

Tatian was later declared heretic and the copies of his Diatesseron were burnt.

With Tatian's Diatessaron being burned in the late second century CE (being the oldest Syriac NT ever), what source was used to compose the Peshitta (which appeared at least in the third century)?
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Back Breaker - by bar_khela - 11-02-2004, 11:08 PM
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Early mss of Peshitta - by gbausc - 11-04-2004, 04:03 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 11-04-2004, 08:27 PM
Re: Early mss of Peshitta - by bar_khela - 11-04-2004, 09:16 PM
Re: Early mss of Peshitta - by Paul Younan - 11-04-2004, 09:44 PM
The Figure-Four - by bar_khela - 11-04-2004, 11:50 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 11-05-2004, 12:05 AM
[No subject] - by bar_khela - 11-05-2004, 02:43 AM
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Koran Contradiction? - by Keith - 11-10-2004, 03:46 AM
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[No subject] - by peshitta_enthusiast - 11-10-2004, 05:15 AM
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[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 11-10-2004, 03:57 PM
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Deathblow - by bar_khela - 11-11-2004, 04:35 PM
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Re: Deathblow - by Keith - 11-12-2004, 02:17 AM
Re: Deathblow - by bar_khela - 11-16-2004, 01:16 AM
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