08-30-2012, 07:24 AM
If one makes themselves familiar with the differences between the Eastern PeshittA and Western PeshittO they could start using Magiera's translations and do fine, as she is purported to have stuck to the Western PeshittO text very well. So if one knows what to look for and know what should be read they will actually be as though they were reading the Eastern PeshittA.
But as mentioned Roth strays in other ways other than the Western PeshittO, so even though he uses the variations of the Eastern PeshittA trying to figure out where he goes on his own way is a whole nother task in its self (OYE VEY!).
Bauscher is purported to have went with the Western PeshittO variations but as with Roth Bauscher also wandered off as he pleased from the Aramaic texts when and where he saw fit. So again unless you can read Aramaic you will not know where he has gone astray.
I have not heard anything as to whether any of the others mentioned are as true to the PeshittO Text as Magiera is.
At this point I recommend using Magiera's translations and adjust to the Eastern PeshittA variants in one's mind as they read along. In this one can get a jump up on what the Eastern PeshittA actually says, and by the time a truthful/faithful English translation of the Eastern PeshittA comes along they will be ahead of the pack.
Now even though Roth's version and Bauscher's translation are not faithful to the texts they claim to have used for their's they do have some footnotes worthy of reading, and could be used as side study tools while reading either of Magiera's translations. Yet keep in mind that as they have strayed from the actual text so follows some of there footnotes as well. So it would not be wise to trust much of their theological notes.
But as mentioned Roth strays in other ways other than the Western PeshittO, so even though he uses the variations of the Eastern PeshittA trying to figure out where he goes on his own way is a whole nother task in its self (OYE VEY!).
Bauscher is purported to have went with the Western PeshittO variations but as with Roth Bauscher also wandered off as he pleased from the Aramaic texts when and where he saw fit. So again unless you can read Aramaic you will not know where he has gone astray.
I have not heard anything as to whether any of the others mentioned are as true to the PeshittO Text as Magiera is.
At this point I recommend using Magiera's translations and adjust to the Eastern PeshittA variants in one's mind as they read along. In this one can get a jump up on what the Eastern PeshittA actually says, and by the time a truthful/faithful English translation of the Eastern PeshittA comes along they will be ahead of the pack.
Now even though Roth's version and Bauscher's translation are not faithful to the texts they claim to have used for their's they do have some footnotes worthy of reading, and could be used as side study tools while reading either of Magiera's translations. Yet keep in mind that as they have strayed from the actual text so follows some of there footnotes as well. So it would not be wise to trust much of their theological notes.