III. TAferature. — Adler, N. T. Versiones Syriacce, Sim- plex^ Philnxeniana et Hierosolymituna deiiuo examina- t(e (1789); Wiseman, //orfe Syriacce (1827); Ridley, Z'e Syriacarum N.Faderis Versionum Indole atque Usii, etc. (1761) ; Winer, Commenta/io de Versionis N. T. Syriacce Usu Critico caute Irutituendo (1823) ; Wichelhaus, De Novi Test. Versione Syriaca Antiqud qiiam Peschitho vocant (1850) ; Bernstein, De Churkiensi N. T. Trunda- tiune Syriaca Commenlatio (1857); Cureton, Aniierd Re- censiun of the Syriac Gospels (preface, etc., 1858); Lee, Prolegomena to L'ayster's Polyglot ; Reusch, Syrus hder- pres cum Fonte N. T. Grteco collutus ( 1741 ) ; Storr, Observationes super N. T. Versionibus Syriacis (1772) ; Lohlein, Syrus Ep. ad Ephesios Interpres (1835); Mi- chaelis [J. D.], Curce in Versionem Syriacam Actuum A postolicorum (1755); Credner, Z'e Prophetarum Min. Vets. Syr. quam Peschito vocant Indole (1827) ; the In- troductions of De Wette, Herbst, and Bleek, with Da- vidson's Treatise on Biblical Criticism, vol. ii ; also the literature referred to by Walch, i?«W. Theol.iv, 143 sq. ; liosenmliller, Ilandbuch, iii, 19 sq., 91 sq.; Danz, Theol. WOrterb. p. 927; Darling, Cyclop, Bibliog. col. 70; and Herzog, Real-Encyklop. s. v.
SYRIAC (Peshito) VERSION, Relation of, to the Septuagint and Chaldee. One of the most mooted points which have vexed scholars is the question as to the relation of the Peshito to the Sept. and Chaldee version.
I. Relation to the Septuagint. — A good deal has been written concerning this question, /;/o and con. To the former side belong Gesenius, Credner, Hiivernick, and Bleek ; to the latter, Hirzel and Herbst. Without adduc- ing the arguments used on both sides, it must be admitted th;M; an influence of the Sept. upon the Peshito cannot be denied, and to this supposition we are led by a com- parison of the one with the other. To make our asser- tion good, we will present the following passages from different books, and the reader can draw his own infer- ences. We commence with the book of Genesis :
ii, 2. Sept. rf; tVr;,— Syr. Xin'^Pi::. From the art. Tal- mudic yotices on the Septuagint, s. v. Septua- gint in this Ciiclopa^dia, it will be seen that the Sept. changed here purposely "seventh" into "sixth." If the Peshito version were made only from the oriijinal Hebrew, there was uo reason why the "^^J'^aiyn of the Hebrew should
be translated as if it read "lU;^'!!, like the read- ing of the Sam., Sam. vers., and Syr., which all followed the Sept. ii, 4. D''n'>ri ■j'-iX— Sept. t6v ovpavoi. Kai Tiji' jTiv ■ Syr.
x:;ixi x^na.
23. ;!3iX^— Sept.eKTor-<i.'3por a!>T7i: Syr. H^^: ■•^n.
24. T^nl-Sept. Kai eVo^Tu, ol duo ; Syr. j^nSI
iii, 2. "j'S" ^"iS'3— Sept. (iTTo waixdr fi.Aoi-; Syr. also has b=. T. nbi'— Sept. 0i;\\a; Syr. XB^i:. 9. "iTiX"'! — Sept. Kai fivev 'Aiiiij.; Syr. also supplies CIX.
11. ^'iX'i'l— Sept. Kai elnev auTu, 6 ^enc ; Syr. "I^XI
x-n-s nb.
16. n'cjxn-bx— Sept. Kai rf, -.waiKi; Syr. xrr:x3V
iv, S. linX— Sept. da\^a>fi€i ui- rd TTtaiof; Syr. X"n3
xrbpnb.
10. -irX">1— Sept. Kai eiTre K^p'or; Syr. lib TiXI
X-n^.
C'ipS':i— Sept. /3oa; Syr. xb,V 15. -pb— Sept. oix oiiTwi; Syr. X33nxb.
17. D'i'3 — Sept. evri T(^ oi/ojuaTi ; Syr. Cmb;'.
25. Ir'JXTX— Sept. Evav TijP yma'iKcL airor. ; Syr.
nrrsx xinb.
ibnl— Sept. Kai auWalSovaa eTCKei'; Syr. fi'lb'^1
V, 23. inil— Sept. Kai iyivovTo ; Syr. 1im (id. ver. 31). 29. iri-S'^12— Sept, and Twv (^-^wv hixwi,; Syr. p
'"3— Sept. Kui uTTo; Syr. ""al. vi, 20. bD^—Sept. and Syr. br^Dl. vii, 2. niDir— Sept. duo 6vo; Syr. '("nn 'piP,. 3. d5— Sept. and Syr. 051. 8. bri— Sept. and Syr.b3T2l.
20. tlinnn— Sept. tu op^ li^M; Syr. X^O"! XIIU. viii, 7. nm X1:Ji X^Jil-Sept. Kai i^eX^wv ouK ai-t- crrpe^e; Syr. -jSil Xbl pS^ pS31. 17. b3— Sept. and Syr. bzl (id. ver. 19). 22. -Ipl-Sept. and Syr. ip. 1'ipi-Sept. and Syr. y^p.
is, 2. b33— Sept. Kai eiTi wiiv-ra; Syr. b^bj."!.
5. ir^X 1^^— Sept. U xeip69 ; Syr. XTiX '"O*,. 7. '.iC'-'a-Sept. Kai wMpwaare; Syr. llblXI.
10. n^nan— Sept. Kai <i7r<i ktui-s^ ; Syr. xi'^rn cyr
xi, 27. "Iin3 nX— Sept. Kai t6v .Nax'op ; Syr. Iinjbr Xii, 3. "T?Pp"2l — Sept. Kai rous KaTapui/jiiiiovs ere ; Syr.
-^3::iboi.
7. I^X^I-Sept. Kai elwev avr^; Syr. ilb "l^XI.
13. X3— Sept. and Syr. omit (id. xiii, 8). xiii, 7. 30"^— Sept. KaripKom; Syr. ■|"'2n'i. siv, 1. -]rnx —Sept. and Syr.-iTmxi.
b:5"im— Sept. eap7<i\; Syr. b"'y"in. 2. nX3a— Sept. and Syr. 2X312:1.
5. sri2, in Ham — Sept. fi/xa auToX^; Syr. ■'^n21.
6. C"l'Hn:i— Sept. hv ToXi opeai; Syr. ■'Ilum.
7. <lTil.\ the country — Sept. roi/r apxcvTar; Syr.
X3'ri-|.
10. in"!?;? BID— Sept. toSoiJiulv Kai /3aat\(vt Toflup-
par; Syr. X-n^"T X=bl2l DnD"!,
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Xiv, 20. "jT^n— Sept. Inoxeifiiovt aov ; Syr. ""^T'Xa. XV, 5. "I73X"'1— Sept. Kai etirev au7<Z; Syr. ilb ITISI.
C. ■"CSni— Sept. Kait7ri(rTei.aei/"A/3paM; Syr. "j'^^i'^m
max.
xvi, 2. N3— Sept. and Syr. omit.
6. -jT'S— Sept. iv Ture x«p<J' aov; Syr. "'r'^T^Xa.
15. mb"i-Sept. 6TeKe^a,;T(f,; Syr. nb ib-^nxn.
xvii, 16. •'zbo-Sept. Kai I3aa,\e7i; Syr. X^blST.
19. C"^nbX-Sept.oae69wp6r'A/3pa«M; Syr.Omaxi. 1""ITS — Sept. Kai T(f) aTrep/uaTi auTov; Syr. Hj'TTb'l.
xviii, 5. "inX— Sept. Kai M«Ta TovTo ; Syr. "(3 "in21.
17. dmaX- -Sept. uTTo 'A/Spaa/Ji Toil Traidof /uoi/ ; Syr.
omax innr p.
20. nm ''D— Sept. TreTrAu^yi-Tai wpor /ue ; Syr. 29. nrrx Xb — Sept. oi M^ uTToXtVo); Syr. xb