What is the Syriac version of the Bible?

Peshitta
Peshitta, (Syriac: “simple” or “common”) Syriac version of the Bible, the accepted Bible of Syrian Christian churches from the end of the 3rd century ce.

Is Bible written in Syriac language?

Portions of the Old Testament were written in Aramaic and there are Aramaic phrases in the New Testament. Syriac translations of the New Testament were among the first and date from the 2nd century. The whole Bible was translated by the 5th century. That is why Syriac versions are highly esteemed by textual critics.

What 2 Language was the Bible originally?

Hebrew
Scholars generally recognize three languages as original biblical languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.

Which Bible is Greek?

Septuagint, abbreviation LXX, the earliest extant Greek translation of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew.

Is Aramaic the same as Syriac?

Syriac represents a divergent language, a dialect of western Aramaic, which eventually changed so much that it is now a totally different language; with little to no relation to the original. There are great discontinuities between the two languages however, and they are no longer mutually intelligible.

Who spoke Syriac?

The Syriac language, a dialect of Aramaic spoken today in the Mesopotamian Plateau between Syria and Iraq, was once used widely throughout the Middle East.

Why is the Bible in Greek?

The New Testament of the Bible was written in Greek because Greek was the linga franca, or common language, of the Roman Empire. As a result, the authors of wrote in Greek even when it wasn’t the language they spoke, ensuring that their manuscripts could be widely read and passed on to future generations.

Is there an Aramaic Bible?

The New Testament in Aramaic languages exists in a number of versions: the Classical Syriac Peshitta, a rendering in Aramaic of the Hebrew (and some Aramaic, e.g. in Daniel and Ezra) Old Testament, plus the New Testament purportedly in its original Aramaic, and still the standard in most Syriac churches.

Would Jesus have read the Septuagint?

When Jesus was born and began entering the temple to sit for the readings this is what He would have encountered and this is what he would have read when He stood up to read the scrolls. Copies of the Septuagint in all likelihood would have been the copies of the scrolls He would have read.