Back Breaker

[Paul Younan]

Shlama Akhi bar-Khela,

My point is that the Peshitta, like the Greek, was developed under its own little Council of Ephesus.

Was was the name of this council, in which locality was it convened, by whom was it convened, under which Synodal authority was it judged, and what were the names (and, jurisdictions) of the prelates who were present?

You see, the rules of any educated and civilized debate are clearly defined. One of the most fundamental and universally recognized of these rules is this: it's not my job to rebut a claim made by you, it is your job to substantiate it with some sort of reasonable evidence.

Merely claiming that you find something "suspicious", and then outlining your personal theory about how this suspicious matter came about, is not how things work.

I can just as easily come back and claim that pigs fly on Mars, and dare you to prove me wrong. First off, you couldn't. There is no way for you to know that pigs aren't flying on Mars. Second off, it shouldn't be up to you to formulate my argument for me.

Come back again, beloved Akha, but this time with something a bit more substantial. Names, dates and places would be helpful.