rival conjecture of "aphraates readings"

[judge]

Peace and Blessings,

A.P. proponents argue that there is irrefutable proof that the Peshitta existed before the fifth century.

No you just need evidence, so far you have nil.

They cite Aphraates' NT quotations, found in his Demonstrations, as evidence; many of these readings correspond exactly to the passages in the Peshitta.

Yes.

Since he was one of the most prominent members of the Persian church, to them, it follows that the Peshitta must have been widely used before the fifth century.

It folows that he used it. unless you have evidence to counter that.

However, what A.P. proponents fail to consider is the difference between individual readings in the Peshitta, which turn up in the fourth century, and the Peshitta as a whole (a revision of the Veta Syra completed in the fifth century).

Show examples.

First, the original Veta Syra mss have not descended to us and the two mss that are in our possession (sin and cur) were revised.

How would you know?

That being said, because the Peshitta-as-a-whole did not yet exist,

This is called circular reasoning.

these "pre-peshitta" readings originate from a transmission of readings that belonged to the original Veta Syra.

Do you have any evidence?