08-22-2011, 01:46 AM
Shlama,
i too am far less than pleased with Lamsa's version. i credit him with introducing the West to the Peshitta text and primacy idea to the greatest extent, but beyond that, i also don't have faith in his translation. so many out there are not what they "profess" to be. i was thumbing through a translation just last night that was giving the "Aramaic Peshitta" readings from the Western 5 as the "translator" thought necessary in the Greek translation, and just had to shake my head..."PeshittA" and "Western 5" just don't jive....
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
i too am far less than pleased with Lamsa's version. i credit him with introducing the West to the Peshitta text and primacy idea to the greatest extent, but beyond that, i also don't have faith in his translation. so many out there are not what they "profess" to be. i was thumbing through a translation just last night that was giving the "Aramaic Peshitta" readings from the Western 5 as the "translator" thought necessary in the Greek translation, and just had to shake my head..."PeshittA" and "Western 5" just don't jive....
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy