04-26-2004, 12:59 PM
Shlama,
OK - I see your real question now.
Rabbula did not make a "fresh" translation right from the Greek.
The Peshitta and OS are 70-80% word-for-word the exact same. There is definitely a relationship there.
What Rabbula did do was to use the Peshitta as a base and wherever it disagreed with Bezae he translated the Greek and inserted it in to the Peshitta reading.
OK - I see your real question now.
Rabbula did not make a "fresh" translation right from the Greek.
The Peshitta and OS are 70-80% word-for-word the exact same. There is definitely a relationship there.
What Rabbula did do was to use the Peshitta as a base and wherever it disagreed with Bezae he translated the Greek and inserted it in to the Peshitta reading.
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan