01-07-2008, 04:01 AM
Not Syriac, Melkite Aramaic:
http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol1No2/HV1...umaux.html
The Melkite Church (from the Aramaic "Malka", "King") is basically the Imperial Byzantine Greek Church that was forced upon the Aramaic-speaking inhabitants of the Western empire. Hence the "Melkite" name.
They were very heavily Greek-based in liturgy and scriptures. Forget about anything there being remotely related to the Peshitta.
The Melkites still exist as a community, of course.
http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol1No2/HV1...umaux.html
The Melkite Church (from the Aramaic "Malka", "King") is basically the Imperial Byzantine Greek Church that was forced upon the Aramaic-speaking inhabitants of the Western empire. Hence the "Melkite" name.
They were very heavily Greek-based in liturgy and scriptures. Forget about anything there being remotely related to the Peshitta.
The Melkites still exist as a community, of course.