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Was the New Testament written in Syriac?
Syriac is a dialect of Aramaic. Portions of the Old Testament were written in Aramaic and there are Aramaic phrases in the New Testament. Syriac translations of the New Testament were among the first and date from the 2nd century.
Who translated the Bible from Aramaic?
George M. Lamsa
George M. Lamsa brings to this work a lifetime of scholarship and translation of the Eastern manuscripts of the Bible. He was raised in Assyria; during his lifetime he translated The Holy Bible from the Aramaic of the Peshitta and authored over twenty books illuminating the original meaning of Scripture.
What is the Syriac version of the Bible?
Peshitta
Peshitta, (Syriac: “simple” or “common”) Syriac version of the Bible, the accepted Bible of Syrian Christian churches from the end of the 3rd century ce.
What is the name of the Syriac translation of Bible?
The Syriac translation of the Scriptures was called ‘Peshitta’ (simple), since it did not contain any interpretative expansions, and became the official translation used by the Syriac Church in the 5th century.
What is early Galilean Aramaic?
Early Galilean Aramaic, the mother tongue of Jesus, is a language that has all but fallen into obscurity. It is perhaps one of the least understood of the ancient Aramaic dialects and is very distinct.
What is the future of the Galilean dialect?
Sadly with current events and violence in the middle east, the fate of this dialect is uncertain. Galilean was so very distinct from other contemporary dialects spoken during Jesus’ lifetime, such as Judean Aramaic, that a Galilean could be told apart simply by their speech.
Who translated the Gospels?
In AD 382, Pope Damasus I commissioned the church father Jerome to produce a new translation to replace the Vetus Latina (“Old Latin”) version of the Gospels. Jerome went further and translated almost the entire Bible.
Was Murdock’s translation of the New Testament based on Aramaic?
Unlike today, it was a time when literally all academic and ecclesiastical authorities believed in the inspiration of the Holy Bible, and the ‘Syriac’ Aramaic New Testament was held in especially high esteem. Murdock was an honest, Bible-believing Christian, and his translation follows that conviction.