04-26-2004, 06:29 AM
Quote:Why did Rabbula do it? I think if you read item #16 in the following article, you may be able to form your own opinions as to why theologians from the Monophysite tradition did not like the Peshitta:
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As you know, Philoxenus went on to create his own version from the Greek. I'm sure you can agree, the motivation for him to do so is quite clear.
I do not find it clear at all. That would explain why SOC and so forth used Peshitto rather than Peshitta. So the real question then becomes, why did Rabulla create a "new" set of Aramaic Gospels instead of using the PeshittO Gospels already used by the SOC? As I explained earlier, it is irrelivant as there is enough evidence for Peshitta originality over the Greek and the OS, but it still would be nice to know.[/code]