02-04-2008, 05:08 AM
Shlama Paul,
First, welcome to Peshitta.org Forums!
I think that you might find wiser answers from others here who are 'scholars', but let me give this a shot.
I feel that the world of Syriac is divided into two, in this way:
There is Assyrian Church of the East, which has kept the Eastern Syriac dialect alive, and then there are other Churches like the Monophysites, and the Syrian Orthodox Church, and others (the Maronites come to mind) who speak and use another kind of Western Syriac for their liturgical needs, and in their Bibles and use the Western PeshittO, instead of the Eastern PeshittA.
This is a very complex world. At first sight, it doesn't seem so, but when you get down wind of a lot of years of trying to study Eastern/Syriac Christianity, it becomes apparent, that it's 'just' a deep and rich culture that has been kept alive since Yeshua walked in Israel during Second Temple times.
Others here can probably give you a better answer than this.
Dave Bauscher says that there is "about a one percent difference" between the PeshittO and the PeshittA....."but it's a BIG one percent". <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: -->
I think that Akhan Dave is right on about this.
The texts of these two versions (Peshitta/Peshitto) are really quite similiar, but yet when they diverge from one another, it's for deep theological differences (in my opinion).
I favor the Eastern P'shitta, I think as do most people here at Peshitta.org.
Again, welcome.
Make yourself at home. Feel free to ask as many questions as you like.
The only stupid question, is one not asked!
Sometimes the board will slow way down like the last few days, and sometimes it's like a busy city!
Shlama (Peace [be] unto you), Albion
First, welcome to Peshitta.org Forums!
I think that you might find wiser answers from others here who are 'scholars', but let me give this a shot.
I feel that the world of Syriac is divided into two, in this way:
There is Assyrian Church of the East, which has kept the Eastern Syriac dialect alive, and then there are other Churches like the Monophysites, and the Syrian Orthodox Church, and others (the Maronites come to mind) who speak and use another kind of Western Syriac for their liturgical needs, and in their Bibles and use the Western PeshittO, instead of the Eastern PeshittA.
This is a very complex world. At first sight, it doesn't seem so, but when you get down wind of a lot of years of trying to study Eastern/Syriac Christianity, it becomes apparent, that it's 'just' a deep and rich culture that has been kept alive since Yeshua walked in Israel during Second Temple times.
Others here can probably give you a better answer than this.
Dave Bauscher says that there is "about a one percent difference" between the PeshittO and the PeshittA....."but it's a BIG one percent". <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: -->
I think that Akhan Dave is right on about this.
The texts of these two versions (Peshitta/Peshitto) are really quite similiar, but yet when they diverge from one another, it's for deep theological differences (in my opinion).
I favor the Eastern P'shitta, I think as do most people here at Peshitta.org.
Again, welcome.
Make yourself at home. Feel free to ask as many questions as you like.
The only stupid question, is one not asked!
Sometimes the board will slow way down like the last few days, and sometimes it's like a busy city!
Shlama (Peace [be] unto you), Albion
'taint Paul Wrote:All,
Having perused some distantly related threads, it seems there are at least two dominant traditions in Eastern Christianity: the Syriac (represented by Murdock's translation of The Peshitto; and the E. Aramaic (represented by Younan's rendering of The Peshitta).
Is that the case?