Aramaic Manuscript (Transcription) Project
Great day everybody, We're new to the forum, and introducing the Aramaic Manuscript Project, which is initially comprised of electronic transcriptions of various Aramaic manuscripts from the Syriac Peshitta family, specifically of the Apostolic Writings (which we prefer as more accurate than "New Testament") in this case. Below is some information, and the first three manuscripts have been transcribed into electronic modules for comparison. The main thrust of this project is to demonstrate the amazing consistency of the Peshitta Aramaic text, which several well-known scholars (e.g. Westcott, Michaelis, Bullinger, Etheridge, etc.) all held to have been formed between 80 CE and 170 CE, although our current manuscripts date from the 5th to the 17th centuries. This tradition has demonstrated remarkable consistency, and very well may be the earliest and most authoritative extant witness to the "New Testament" to date. At any rate, the Aramaic Manuscript Transcription project initially seeks to transcribe the manuscripts themselves--much like the wonderful Greek manuscript transcriptions of Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Alexandrinus, etc. contained in BibleWorks. Eventually, we would love to see BibleWorks express interest in bringing the actual manuscripts onboard to make something comparable to the Greek manuscript project, because many people will want to study the Apostolic Writings in their original Semitic tongue. There are three transcriptions available at this point in time: 1) Khabouris Codex - ca. 1100 CE; 2) Houghton Codex - 1199 CE; 3) Mingana Syriac 148 - 1637 CE. We've intentionally chosen these three manuscripts as the first batch of transcriptions, and the next batch will be aimed towards MSS. like Bl. Add. 14,470 - ca. 400-599 CE. Please advise if you are interested in the transcription files. They are simple user-created Bible Modules, both in the the traditional Hebrew square script, and in the Syriac Estrangella script, for a total of six files available right now. Again, we're not sure where to post the files for download, so please advise how to get these to "Bibleworks: Old in the New" or wherever they should go. Grace and peace, AramLT
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Aramaic Manuscripts of the NT
Originally Posted by Gilbert Salinas
