10-03-2015, 09:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-10-2015, 05:05 PM by sestir.
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This Assemani quote has been discussed a lot here. In this thread they seem to conclude that Assemani didn't even see the manuscript but relies on a Mar Elia III.
Just the existence of so old a book (if its age wasn't exaggregated) wouldn't necessarily influence the Peshitta text, just like the existence of Codex Vaticanus (03/B) in Europe from at least 1475 had little to no impact on the texts used in Europe until the 19th century.
Just the existence of so old a book (if its age wasn't exaggregated) wouldn't necessarily influence the Peshitta text, just like the existence of Codex Vaticanus (03/B) in Europe from at least 1475 had little to no impact on the texts used in Europe until the 19th century.
Quote:[...] at the same time two prelati kept me in constant conversation in Latin, and if I looked at a passage too long, they would snatch the book out of my hand. — Tregelles