The Peshiṭta : its use in literature and liturgy : papers read at the third Peshiṭta Symposium / / edited by Bas ter Haar Romeny.

• Superior document: Monographs of the Peshiṭta Institute, Leiden, v. 15
• Author: Peshi?ta Symposium
• TeilnehmendeR: Haar Romeny, R. B. ter.; Peshiòtta Symposium.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Monographs of the Peshiṭta Institute, Leiden ; v. 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (439 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume, containing papers read at the Third Peshitta Symposium, brings together biblical studies and Syriac liturgy and patristic literature. It discusses the patristic and liturgical evidence for the Syriac versions, as well as their reception in the Syriac churches.

Table of Contents

Use of the Syriac versions in the liturgy / Sebastian P. Brock -- Between the school and the monk's cell : the Syriac Old Testament commentary tradition / Lucas Van Rompay -- Problems in the Syriac New Testament and how Syrian exegetes solved them / William L. Petersen -- Biblical text in the Disputation of Sergius the Stylite against a Jew / A. Peter Hayman -- Reworking the biblical text in the dramatic dialogue poems on the Old Testament patriarch Joseph / Kristian Heal -- Old Testament in the new : the Syriac versions of the New Testament as a witness to the text of the Old Testament Peshiṭta / Jan Joosten -- 'Syriac Masora' and the New Testament Peshiṭta / Andreas Juckel -- Four kingdoms in Peshiṭta Daniel 7 in the light of the early history of interpretation / Arie van der Kooij -- Aphrahat's use of his Old Testament / Marinus D. Koster -- 'There is no need of turtle-doves or young pigeons ...' (Jacob of Sarug) : quotations and non-quotations of Leviticus in selected Syriac writers / David J. Lane -- Ephrem, his school, and the Yawnaya : some remarks on the early Syriac versions of the New Testament / Christian Lange -- Ishoʻdad's knowledge of Hebrew as evidenced from his treatment of Peshiṭta Ezekiel / Jerome A. Lund -- Text of the New Testament in the Acts of Judas Thomas / Craig E. Morrison -- Interpretation in the Greek Antiochenes and the Syriac Fathers / Shinichi Muto -- Book of Proverbs in Aphrahat's Demonstrations / Robert J. Owens -- Sirach quotations in the Discourses of Philoxenus of Mabbug: text and context / Wido van Peursen -- Reception of Peshiṭta Chronicles: some elements for investigation / David Phillips -- Greek vs. the Peshiṭta in a West Syrian exegetical collection / Bas ter Haar Romeny -- Peshiṭta and biblical quotations in the longer Syriac version of the commentary of Athanasius on the Psalms (BL Add. 14568), with special attention to Psalm 23 (24) and 102 (103) / Harry F. van Rooy -- Reception of the Peshiṭta Psalter in Bar Salibi's Commentary on the Psalms / Stephen D. Ryan -- Obscure words in the Peshiṭta of Samuel, according to Theodore bar Koni / Alison Salvesen -- New Testament quotations in the breviary of the Syrian Orthodox Church,example : The Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38) / Aho Shemunkasho -- Psalm headings in the West Syrian tradition / David G.K. Taylor -- Peshitta New Testament quotations in the West Syrian anaphoras : some general observations / Baby Varghese.