12-12-2003, 11:08 PM
Shlama Akhi Dave,
Actually, the version I have does not contain that introduction. I think the UBS version is drawn from Syriac Orthodox sources, not Church of the East. This introduction may have been a scribal note in their manuscripts.
Most scholars believe that the Peshitta OT was made during pre-Christian times by the Jews of upper Mesopotamia into their vernacular Aramaic. It was later adopted by the Christian churches of that area, many of them formerly Jews.
Actually, the version I have does not contain that introduction. I think the UBS version is drawn from Syriac Orthodox sources, not Church of the East. This introduction may have been a scribal note in their manuscripts.
Most scholars believe that the Peshitta OT was made during pre-Christian times by the Jews of upper Mesopotamia into their vernacular Aramaic. It was later adopted by the Christian churches of that area, many of them formerly Jews.
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan
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