The Age of the Peshitta

[Stephen Silver]

When Khabouris Manuscript was found, the news article "US Library gets an Ancient Bible" appeared in the New York Times on March 26, 1955 reporting on the oldest known New Testament Bible written in the language "used by Christ". The article noted how it was taken to the White House where President Eisenhower viewed it. The Bible was said to be insured for "an hour and a half" in the amount of $1,500,000 US dollars. When the Khabouris Codex was first revealed to America in April 1955 it was referred to as "the NT Time Bomb."

This completely contradicts your idea about the antiquity of Peshitta Aramaic.

Shlama:
It's time that we set the record straight. The Yonan (Younan) Codex was paraded around the U.S. in 1955. It was sold by Norman (Malek) Younan to the Van Kampen Scriptorium. It has found its present resting place in the Holyland Museum in Tampa Florida. I have communicated with The Holyland Museum and pictures were taken of a page sent to me which I transcribed, and which appear in a PDF file at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dukhrana.com">http://www.dukhrana.com</a><!-- m -->. We have also a large file selection of the Khabouris Codex and its complete transcription. The Yonan Codex and the Khabouris Codex appear to be virtually identical but are two separate manuscripts copied from a now extant, yet unknown original. The Khabouris Codex surfaced in 1967 and pictures of its 510 pages surfaced on the Internet around 2002.

Shlama,
Stephen