G. A. Kiraz. Comparative Edition of the Syriac Gospels, Aligning the
Sinaiticus, Curetonianus, Peshitta and Harklean Versions.
Volumes 1-4.
ISBN 900410419 4 (set).
E. J. Brill, Leiden, New York, Koln, 1996.
The three surviving versions of the Gospels in Syriac are of
considerable importance both for Biblical and for Semitic Studies. The
Old Syriac, preserved in two manuscripts, is one of the earliest
translations of the Greek Gospels; the Peshitta remains to this day
the official Bible of the Syriac Churches, while the Harklean is a
masterpiece of mirror-translation. This new edition conveniently
provides for the first time the text of all three versions
together. The texts of the two Old Syriac manuscripts, the Peshitta
and the Harklean are drawn from the best sources and have been
carefully aligned so that their inter-relationship can immediately be
seen and studied. The volumes, which include the first edition of the
Harklean Gospels for some two hundred years (prepared by Dr Andreas
Juckel), will prove an invaluable resource for both Biblical and
Semitic scholarship.
George Anton Kiraz holds a master's degree in Syriac Studies (Oxford)
and a master's degree in computer speech and language processing
(Cambridge). His publications include "A Computer-Generated
Concordance to the Syriac New Testament", volumes 1-6 (Brill,
Leiden 1993).
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