The Peshitta

ܦܫܝܛܬܐ — "The Straight"

The official Bible of the Church of the East. The Peshitta is the original and pure New Testament, written in Aramaic — the language of Mshikha (the Messiah) and His Disciples.

About the Peshitta

The Peshitta is the official Bible of the Church of the East. The name Peshitta in Aramaic means "Straight" — in other words, the original and pure New Testament. The Peshitta is the only authentic and pure text which contains the books in the New Testament that were written in Aramaic, the Language of Mshikha (the Messiah) and His Disciples.

This site provides tools for studying the Peshitta text, including an interlinear Aramaic/English New Testament and a searchable lexicon and concordance.