Peshitta - ܦܫܝ̣ܛܬܐ

Titles

• Peshitta1
• ܦܫܝ̣ܛܬܐ3
• Pšiṭtā1
• ܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܝ̈ܫܐ2

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/9504

Abstract

The most widely used Syriac version of the Bible, encompassing both the Old and New Testaments.

Editions

This is not a comprehensive list of editions related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• ܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܝ̈ܫܐ: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܕܝܬܩܐ ܥܛܝܼܩܬܐ ܘ ܚ̇ܕܬܐ (London: United Bible Societies, 1979). 10
  • Note: Adds the Apocrypha to the 1823 Bible Society edition.10
  • Note: Based on ܟܬܵܒܵܐ ܕܕܹܝܲܬܹܝܩܹܐ ܥܲܛܹܝܩܵܐ [http://syriaca.org/cbss/DNJX7VYN]
• Guy-Michel Le Jay, ed., Biblia 1. Hebraica, 2. Samaritana, 3. Chaldaica, 4. Graeca, 5. Syriaca, 6. Latina, 7. Arabica: Quibus textus originales totius Scripturae sacrae, quorum pars in editione Complutensi, deinde in Antverpiensi regiis sumptibus extat, nunc integri, ex manuscriptis toto ferè orbe quaesitis exemplaribus, exhibentur. (Paris: Antonius Vitré, 1629), http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k314413n, vol: . 1, 10
  • Note: The Syriac text contained in this polyglot was edited by Gabriel Sionita.
• Brian Walton, Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, Complectentia Textus Originales, Hebraicum, Cum Pentateucho Samaritano, Chaldaicum, Graecum Versionumque Antiquarum, Samaritanae, Graecae LXXII Interp., Chaldaicae, Syriacae, Arabicae, Aethiopicae, Persicae, Vulg. Lat., Quicquid Comparari Poterat; Cum Textuum & Versionum Orientalium Translationibus Latinis; Ex Vetustissimis Mss. Undique Conquisitis Optimisque Exemplaribus Impressis, Summa Fide Collatis; Cum Apparatu, Appendicibus, Tabulis, Variis Lectionibus, Annotationibus, Indicibus & c. (Londini: Thomas Roycroft, 1655). 1, 10
• Samuel Lee, ed., ܟܬܵܒܵܐ ܕܕܹܝܲܬܹܝܩܹܐ ܥܲܛܹܝܩܵܐ (London: Bible Society, 1823). 10

Modern Translations

This is not a comprehensive list of modern translations related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• English: George M Lamsa, ed., Holy Bible: From the Ancient Eastern Text (San Francisco; London: Harper & Row, 1933). 1, 10
  • Note: "Unfortunately, this translation has been assimilated to the Hebrew text in quite a few places, and is not based on a reliable text of the Peshitta."1
• Latin: Guy-Michel Le Jay, ed., Biblia 1. Hebraica, 2. Samaritana, 3. Chaldaica, 4. Graeca, 5. Syriaca, 6. Latina, 7. Arabica: Quibus textus originales totius Scripturae sacrae, quorum pars in editione Complutensi, deinde in Antverpiensi regiis sumptibus extat, nunc integri, ex manuscriptis toto ferè orbe quaesitis exemplaribus, exhibentur. (Paris: Antonius Vitré, 1629), http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k314413n, vol: . 1, 10
  • Note: Based on Biblia 1. Hebraica, 2. Samaritana, 3. Chaldaica, 4. Graeca, 5. Syriaca, 6. Latina, 7. Arabica: Quibus textus originales totius Scripturae sacrae, quorum pars in editione Complutensi, deinde in Antverpiensi regiis sumptibus extat, nunc integri, ex manuscriptis toto ferè orbe quaesitis exemplaribus, exhibentur. [http://syriaca.org/cbss/MDLQBXEV]
• Latin: Brian Walton, Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, Complectentia Textus Originales, Hebraicum, Cum Pentateucho Samaritano, Chaldaicum, Graecum Versionumque Antiquarum, Samaritanae, Graecae LXXII Interp., Chaldaicae, Syriacae, Arabicae, Aethiopicae, Persicae, Vulg. Lat., Quicquid Comparari Poterat; Cum Textuum & Versionum Orientalium Translationibus Latinis; Ex Vetustissimis Mss. Undique Conquisitis Optimisque Exemplaribus Impressis, Summa Fide Collatis; Cum Apparatu, Appendicibus, Tabulis, Variis Lectionibus, Annotationibus, Indicibus & c. (Londini: Thomas Roycroft, 1655). 1, 10
  • Note: Based on Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, complectentia textus originales, Hebraicum, cum Pentateucho Samaritano, Chaldaicum, Graecum versionumque antiquarum, Samaritanae, Graecae LXXII interp., Chaldaicae, Syriacae, Arabicae, Aethiopicae, Persicae, Vulg. Lat., quicquid comparari poterat; cum textuum & versionum orientalium translationibus Latinis; ex vetustissimis mss. undique conquisitis optimisque exemplaribus impressis, summa fide collatis; cum apparatu, appendicibus, tabulis, variis lectionibus, annotationibus, indicibus & c. [http://syriaca.org/cbss/HUTSBFKX]

Secondary Literature

This is not a comprehensive list of secondary literature related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• R. B. ter Haar Romeny and C. E. Morrison, Peshitta, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011).
• Gustav Ernst Samuel Diettrich, Eine Jakobitische Einleitung in Den Psalter in Verbindung Mit Zwei Homilien Aus Dem Grossen Psalmenkommentar Des Daniel von Salah, Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 5 (Giessen: J. Ricker (A. Töpelmann), 1901), p: 113-114.
• Sebastian P. Brock, The Bible in the Syriac Tradition, 2nd rev. (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2006), p: 146-158.