The Syriac Peshitta offers a conservative, Byzantine-leaning yet independent witness that reflects the early consolidation of the New Testament text in the Syriac-speaking East.
The Syriac Peshitta and Its Textual Tradition
Understanding the Khabouris Codex—An Examination of a Classical Syriac Manuscript
Discover the significance of the Khabouris Codex, a 10th-century Classical Syriac manuscript of the New Testament, and its impact on biblical textual studies.
Syriac Versions—Curetonian, Philoxenian, Harclean, Palestinian, Sinaitic, Peshitta
Syriac translations of the New Testament were among the first and date from the 2nd century. The whole Bible was translated by the 5th century.
Syriac Versions of the Bible
The Old Testament.—There are two Syriac translations of this part of the Bible, one made directly from the original language Hebrew, and the other from an ancient Greek version. The Syriac New-Testament Versions.—These we may conveniently enumerate under five heads, including several recensions under some of them, but treating separately the notable “Curetonian text.”
