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New Testament (literary tradition) - ܟܬܒܐ ܕܕܝܬܩܐ ܚ̇ܕܬܐ

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  • New Testament (literary tradition)
  • ܟܬܒܐ ܕܕܝܬܩܐ ܚ̇ܕܬܐ

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At least five different Syriac translations of part or all of the New Testament are known, though not all of these are extant. The Diatessaron, a second-century harmonization of the four Gospels, has not survived except in quotations, particularly in Ephrem's commentaries. The "Old Syriac" was a translation made around the 3rd century that is extant in two Gospel manuscripts; scholars speculate it may have also included Acts and the Pauline Epistles. The Peshitta version (4th/5th century) has been the most widely used translation until the present and has abundant manuscript attestation. It contains the Gospels, Acts, the Pauline Epistles, and the Major Catholic Epistles, but not 2 Peter, 2-3 John, Jude, or Revelation. In the early 6th century, Philoxenos of Mabbug commissioned a version (the "Philoxenian") made by Polycarp, which has not survived except perhaps in the Minor Catholic Epistles and Revelation. Finally, Thomas of Harqel in the early 7th century revised or referred to the Philoxenian in order to make a new version (the "Harqlean" or "Harklensian") that was closely imitative of the Greek and included a textual apparatus.1

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  • Peter J. Williams, The Syriac Versions of the New Testament, in The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis. Second Edition, ed. Bart D. Ehrman and Michael W. Holmes, New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents 42 (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 143–66. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
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  • 1 Peter J. Williams, The Syriac Versions of the New Testament, in The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis. Second Edition, ed. Bart D. Ehrman and Michael W. Holmes, New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents 42 (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 143–66. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Nathan P. Gibson et al., “New Testament (literary tradition) — ܟܬܒܐ ܕܕܝܬܩܐ ܚ̇ܕܬܐ ” last modified March 29, 2017, http://syriaca.org/work/9587.

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Nathan P. Gibson et al., “New Testament (literary tradition) — ܟܬܒܐ ܕܕܝܬܩܐ ܚ̇ܕܬܐ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2017. Entry published March 29, 2017. http://syriaca.org/work/9587.

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