11-09-2012, 03:32 AM
Shlama Akhi Chuck,
Thank you for your condolences. It's been a very trying time for the past few weeks, especially for my wife and I've tried to be there the entire time as I, like many of you, know what it's like to lose family over a long and drawn out illness. We're still recovering in many ways.
I'm not aware of anything wrong with the Khabouris, it's a fantastic 1,000-year old witness, making it a contemporary in age to the Aleppo and Leningrad codices of the Torah. That's not an insignificant age. The fact that it reads nearly identical to the modern printed versions of the eastern Peshitta is also great.
I too would like access to the older manuscripts in the Vatican and British museums. I know that the entire Vatican collection is being digitized by Brigham Young University (http://www.bethmardutho.org/index.php/hu...x/327.html), so that is fantastic. Here is an example of their digitizing work (an entire NT manuscript from the Brown Collection): http://cpart.byu.edu/files/brown_rec/Rol...0TIFFS.pdf (large download)
I don't expect anything but negligible minor variances between the much older manuscripts and the Khabouris, as everyone who has examined it at length says it's a well-transmitted copy of the Eastern Peshitta.
+Shamasha
Thank you for your condolences. It's been a very trying time for the past few weeks, especially for my wife and I've tried to be there the entire time as I, like many of you, know what it's like to lose family over a long and drawn out illness. We're still recovering in many ways.
I'm not aware of anything wrong with the Khabouris, it's a fantastic 1,000-year old witness, making it a contemporary in age to the Aleppo and Leningrad codices of the Torah. That's not an insignificant age. The fact that it reads nearly identical to the modern printed versions of the eastern Peshitta is also great.
I too would like access to the older manuscripts in the Vatican and British museums. I know that the entire Vatican collection is being digitized by Brigham Young University (http://www.bethmardutho.org/index.php/hu...x/327.html), so that is fantastic. Here is an example of their digitizing work (an entire NT manuscript from the Brown Collection): http://cpart.byu.edu/files/brown_rec/Rol...0TIFFS.pdf (large download)
I don't expect anything but negligible minor variances between the much older manuscripts and the Khabouris, as everyone who has examined it at length says it's a well-transmitted copy of the Eastern Peshitta.
+Shamasha