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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Jerome AlanLundTelltale Signs of a Semitic Prototext for the Peshitta of Danielhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/689UL9T8https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/689UL9T8https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/689UL9T8Aramaic Studies7:22009103-112Earlier scholars concluded correctly that the Peshitta of Daniel was translated from a Semitic prototext, but their arguments were less than compelling. Basing the argument on vocabulary, to wit the consistent rendering of Hebrew <i>yehuda </i>as <i>yehuda </i>and Aramaic <i>yehud </i>as <i>yehud</i>, the use of Persian loanwords, and the preservation of a rare Semitic adverb, provides a more convincing case than offered in the past. Though not necessary to prove the point, the author suggests that what could be interpreted as a peal passive participle may in fact be an internal peal passive suffix conjugation form. This suggestion is presented for scholarly consideration and should not be considered fundamental to the major thesis.
Lund, Jerome Alan. “Telltale Signs of a Semitic Prototext for the Peshitta of Daniel.” Aramaic Studies 7:2 (2009): 103–12.
Jerome Alan Lund, Telltale Signs of a Semitic Prototext for the Peshitta of Daniel,Aramaic Studies 7:2 (2009): 103–12.DanielOld TestamentPeshitta OTloan-words [Persian]