02-25-2010, 02:42 AM
Shlama,
i would love to be able to say MARYA in the Peshitta is ALWAYS in reference to the Father (contextually, of course), but there are a few places in the A"NK (Peshitta OT) where MARYA is used to translate titles other than YHWH, which qualify how we read it in the NT. here's a list of the ones i've found in my studies:
Hebrew original / Aramaic translation
Sh???moth (Exodus)
15:2 Yah / Marya
Tehillim (Psalms)
94:7 Yah / Marya
94:12 Yah / Marya
114:7 Adown / Marya
115:17-18 Yah / Marya
118:17 Yah / Marya
118:19 Yah / Marya
122:4 Yah / Marya
135:4 Yah / Marya
YeshaYahu (Isaiah)
1:24 HaAdown YHWH / Mara Maruwta
3:1 HaAdown YHWH / Mara Maruwta
10:16 HaAdown YHWH / Marya Alaha
10:33 HaAdown YHWH / Marya Alaha
19:4 Adowneem / Marya
26:4 Yah YHWH / Marya Alaha
Malaki (Malachi)
3:1 HaAdown / Marya
NechemYah (Nehemiah)
8:10 l???Adoneynu / Marya
10:29 (30 in the Hebrew) ???b???Torot haEloheem??? / ???Namuwsa d???Marya,??? and also ???Moshe eved haEloheem??? / ???d???Muwshe abdeh d???Marya???
there may well be more, but as you can see from these examples alone, MARYA didn't ALWAYS translate the NAME itself, but sometimes Adown, Yah, and even Eloheem. obviously in these instances we should understand the text to be referring to the Father, but we must be truthful that since MARYA wasn't used exclusively for "YHWH," then the appearances of it in the Peshitta NT really need to be taken individually, so that we don't put a spin on a text that may not be what we think it to be. i think there are times when we really should understand it as Master rather than YHWH. but ultimately it is a personal opinion, i believe, and so i'm fine if somebody disagrees.
those are my current thoughts on it. i wish it were simpler, i really do. <!-- s:crazy: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/crazy.gif" alt=":crazy:" title="Crazy" /><!-- s:crazy: -->
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
i would love to be able to say MARYA in the Peshitta is ALWAYS in reference to the Father (contextually, of course), but there are a few places in the A"NK (Peshitta OT) where MARYA is used to translate titles other than YHWH, which qualify how we read it in the NT. here's a list of the ones i've found in my studies:
Hebrew original / Aramaic translation
Sh???moth (Exodus)
15:2 Yah / Marya
Tehillim (Psalms)
94:7 Yah / Marya
94:12 Yah / Marya
114:7 Adown / Marya
115:17-18 Yah / Marya
118:17 Yah / Marya
118:19 Yah / Marya
122:4 Yah / Marya
135:4 Yah / Marya
YeshaYahu (Isaiah)
1:24 HaAdown YHWH / Mara Maruwta
3:1 HaAdown YHWH / Mara Maruwta
10:16 HaAdown YHWH / Marya Alaha
10:33 HaAdown YHWH / Marya Alaha
19:4 Adowneem / Marya
26:4 Yah YHWH / Marya Alaha
Malaki (Malachi)
3:1 HaAdown / Marya
NechemYah (Nehemiah)
8:10 l???Adoneynu / Marya
10:29 (30 in the Hebrew) ???b???Torot haEloheem??? / ???Namuwsa d???Marya,??? and also ???Moshe eved haEloheem??? / ???d???Muwshe abdeh d???Marya???
there may well be more, but as you can see from these examples alone, MARYA didn't ALWAYS translate the NAME itself, but sometimes Adown, Yah, and even Eloheem. obviously in these instances we should understand the text to be referring to the Father, but we must be truthful that since MARYA wasn't used exclusively for "YHWH," then the appearances of it in the Peshitta NT really need to be taken individually, so that we don't put a spin on a text that may not be what we think it to be. i think there are times when we really should understand it as Master rather than YHWH. but ultimately it is a personal opinion, i believe, and so i'm fine if somebody disagrees.
those are my current thoughts on it. i wish it were simpler, i really do. <!-- s:crazy: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/crazy.gif" alt=":crazy:" title="Crazy" /><!-- s:crazy: -->
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy