use of OS by ancient Aramaic-speaking Christians

[Paul Younan]

Akhi Dave,

How can you say Ephrem doesn't count when his counterpart in the east is doing the same exact thing?

On this website, I'm not sure if you noticed or not, we deal with an eastern text. I thought the URL said it all, but apparently not.

Because of that little fact, the eastern fathers are consulted. Not the western fathers, who wouldn't have been expected to have used an eastern text.

Nor would we expect that Aphrahat (and, Tatian), both Assyrians, would have used western texts. Again, read Tatian's address to the Greeks to find out how fond he was of them.

What's so confusing about this? I don't understand?

Peshitta - Eastern text. Eastern fathers count.

Old Scratch - Western text. Western fathers count.

This website - <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.peshitta.org">http://www.peshitta.org</a><!-- w --> .... not <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.oldscratch.org">http://www.oldscratch.org</a><!-- w -->

If you find a western text being used by eastern fathers, then I would be very interested in reading about it. Until then - why do you bring up Ephraem - as if I even expect Ephraem to have used the Peshitta?