use of OS by ancient Aramaic-speaking Christians

[Paul Younan]

Shlama Akhay,

Here is the 2004 "Resurrection of the Lord" epistle from the Patriarch of the Church of the East. It contains several scriptural targums, or paraphrases, that match nothing in existence word-for-word. Not the Peshitta, not the Old Scratch, nothing.

Oh-oh, Yuri - I think Mar Dinkha, in the year 2004, is quoting that long-lost "Old-Scratch Diatesseron" you've been talking about lately! He must be! His references to scripture don't match anything we know of word-for-word, so this MUST BE that long-lost "Old Scratch Diatesseron" that you guys so often hide behind!

It can't POSSIBLY BE that's he's paraphrasing, or "targumming", can it? Maybe the museums should contact His Holiness, since apparently he has a copy of the long-lost "Old Scratch Diatesseron" that he's stashed away all along!