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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Terry C.FallaThe Collective Authorship of the Peshitta New Testamenthttp://syriaca.org/cbss/4WQBXNBIhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/4WQBXNBIhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/4WQBXNBIErica C. D.HunterŠalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic StudiesPiscataway, New JerseyGorgias Press2023151-214Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65Who translated the Peshitta New Testament? Francis C. Burkitt, in an influential 1904 publication, identified the translator as Rabbula, bishop of Edessa (411–435), a theory that became popular and proved tenacious. Bruce M. Metzger’s The Early Versions of the New Testament of 1977 was a turning point. Primarily on the basis of Arthur Vööbus’ research, Metzger concluded that the translator could not have been Rabbula. As Metzger emphasized, Burkitt’s hypothesis was based entirely on external and circumstantial evidence. Until Metzger, scholarship had been slow to respond, but now accepts that Rubbula was not the translator of the Peshitta New Testament. However, irrespective of the person, the Peshitta New Testament cannot be attributed to the labour of just one individual. The reason is the focus of this contribution. Falla, Terry C. “The Collective Authorship of the Peshitta New Testament.” In Šalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic Studies, edited by Erica C. D. Hunter, 151–214. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2023. Terry C. Falla, The Collective Authorship of the Peshitta New Testament, in Šalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic Studies, ed. Erica C. D. Hunter, Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65 (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2023), 151–214.