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BIBLE TRANSLATION HISTORY • 1851/1852

Murdock Syriac New Testament Murdock

Translation familySyriac-to-English
ApproachLiteral translation from Syriac
Status hereHistorical full text in Classic Library
Rightspublic domain

Who made it?

James Murdock.

Why was it made?

To provide an English translation of the Syriac Peshitta New Testament.

How did it develop?

Murdock’s nineteenth-century translation was made from the Syriac Peshitta and remains useful when comparing how the Syriac tradition renders New Testament passages.

What source texts did it use?

Syriac Peshitta

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Sources & publisher/history references

https://www.crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/packages/rawzip/Murdock.zip