Wilson, Jan.The Old Syriac Gospels, Studies and Comparative Translations
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Description
The Old Syriac Gospels, Studies and Translations is a comparative translation into English of the two earliest versions of the Syriac (or Aramaic) Gospels (codex Sinaiticus and codex Curetonianus), with some interesting differences between the Aramaic and traditional Greek texts. This work is useful for theologians, interested laymen and students of Syriac. The edition gives the full text of the Sinaiticus and Curetonianus manuscripts in Syriac (based on transcriptions by George A. Kiraz), with an English translation by E. Jan Wilson.
Considerable mystery still surrounds the origin of the four Gospels, with much arguing about the language of the original texts. Did the first disciples write in Greek, as has been long assumed in the West? Or did they in fact write to their fellow believers in the language which they all spoke natively, viz. Aramaic? That question is only one of the topics treated in this work, which offers to scholars and laymen alike the opportunity to examine the earliest known Aramaic versions of the four Gospels.
Dr. Wilson has written books and articles on various aspects of the Ancient Near East, including articles on Babylonian religious practices, articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a translation of some of the worlds oldest literature the Sumerian cylinders of Gudea from southern Mesopotamia. The current work is the result of a long and intense interest in the origins of Christianity and of the Christian scriptures.
Contents
Volume I
Series Preface by Fr. Boutron Tarabay
Foreword by Mar Bawai Soro
Introduction (General Remarks, A Brief History of the Aramaic Speaking Christians, The New Testament Text of Aramaic Christianity, Remarks on the Translation Techniques)
Notes on the Old Syriac Gospels (Orthography, Vocabulary, Syntactical Differences Between S and C, Treatment of Old Testament Passages, Doctrinal Peculiarities of S and C, The Background and Authorship of the Old Syriac Gospels)
The Gospel Matthew
The Gospel of Mark
Volume II
The Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of John
Bibliography
www.gorgiaspress.com/Merc...31956-17-0
Description
The Old Syriac Gospels, Studies and Translations is a comparative translation into English of the two earliest versions of the Syriac (or Aramaic) Gospels (codex Sinaiticus and codex Curetonianus), with some interesting differences between the Aramaic and traditional Greek texts. This work is useful for theologians, interested laymen and students of Syriac. The edition gives the full text of the Sinaiticus and Curetonianus manuscripts in Syriac (based on transcriptions by George A. Kiraz), with an English translation by E. Jan Wilson.
Considerable mystery still surrounds the origin of the four Gospels, with much arguing about the language of the original texts. Did the first disciples write in Greek, as has been long assumed in the West? Or did they in fact write to their fellow believers in the language which they all spoke natively, viz. Aramaic? That question is only one of the topics treated in this work, which offers to scholars and laymen alike the opportunity to examine the earliest known Aramaic versions of the four Gospels.
Dr. Wilson has written books and articles on various aspects of the Ancient Near East, including articles on Babylonian religious practices, articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a translation of some of the worlds oldest literature the Sumerian cylinders of Gudea from southern Mesopotamia. The current work is the result of a long and intense interest in the origins of Christianity and of the Christian scriptures.
Contents
Volume I
Series Preface by Fr. Boutron Tarabay
Foreword by Mar Bawai Soro
Introduction (General Remarks, A Brief History of the Aramaic Speaking Christians, The New Testament Text of Aramaic Christianity, Remarks on the Translation Techniques)
Notes on the Old Syriac Gospels (Orthography, Vocabulary, Syntactical Differences Between S and C, Treatment of Old Testament Passages, Doctrinal Peculiarities of S and C, The Background and Authorship of the Old Syriac Gospels)
The Gospel Matthew
The Gospel of Mark
Volume II
The Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of John
Bibliography
