Early Syriac Translation Technique and the Textual Criticism of the Greek Gospels / / P. J. Williams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Williams, P. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Texts and Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (354 p.)

Although scholars have often made inferences about the Greek texts that lay behind the Old Syriac and Peshitta versions of the Gospels, very few have ever attempted to formulate systematic rules for such inferences. This volume investigates a wide range of textual phenomena and formulates clear and simple rules for the use of Syriac texts as witnesses to the underlying Greek. It becomes possible to uncover errors that have accumulated during the evolution of the Greek New Testament textual apparatus. Williams argues these errors generally stem from the unjustified use of Syriac witnesses.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PROPER NOUNS, COMMON NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS -- 3. ARTICLES AND PARTICLES -- 4. TRANSGRESSING FORMAL -- 5. WORD ORDER -- 6. WORDS FOR SPEECH -- 7. MISCELLANEA -- 8.CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX 1: BRIEF RULES FOR THE USE OF SYRIAC IN NT TEXTUAL CRITICISM -- APPENDIX 2: SUGGESTED EMENDATIONS TO THE APPARATUS OF NA27 -- APPENDIX 3: AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SYRIAC WITNESSES AND CODEX BEZAE FOR WHICH A NON-GENETIC EXPLANATION IS POSSIBLE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDICES