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Originally Posted by Difflugia
George M. Lamsa's Holy Bible From the Ancient Eastern Text is on sale for $1.99. It's published by the HarperCollins imprint HarperOne.
Here's a link to the page at HarperCollins, which includes links to the major ebook sellers. Note that if you buy it from HarperCollins itself, the ebook is delivered via the Bookshout application. The Tools don't handle Bookshout DRM.
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062225092/holy-bible/
This book is a 1933 English translation of the Syriac Peshitta texts of the Bible. The Peshitta is itself a translation of the Bible into Syriac, a dialiect of Aramaic. The Peshitta is analogous to the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate and is interesting for similar reasons. All three were translated before the standardization of the Old Testament Masoretic Text and show variations from the Masoretic Text that may reflect readings closer to the original.
The Peshitta is additionally interesting because portions of the New Testament (particularly the Gospels) were translated as early as the second century, a period from which we have few and fragmentary Greek manuscripts. It's therefore likely that the Peshitta retains older readings of New Testament passages that changed during the next two centuries or so.
The main problem with Lamsa's translation is that he also subscribed to the idea that the Gospels were originally written in Syriac. What most people consider the Greek originals were, according to Lamsa, actually translated from the Syriac. A number of his translation decisions reflect that.
So, to sum all of that up, this translation is of particular value to anyone interested in textural traditions, criticism and translation issues. In that case, it's worth far more as a reference than $2 or even the $15 regular price. If you're bored by all this, you can probably pass. |
The Hebraic Roots bible is free in various formats at the following link.
http://www.coyhwh.com/en/bibleDownloadKindle.php
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This complete bible also has the New Testament based on the original Aramaic Peshitta text, the very language that our Savior spoke. The original New Testament was not written in Greek, but Aramaic. This is a literal translation and we believe to be the closest bible to the original language that was written thousands of years ago - the bible as it was! The Old Testament is from the original Hebrew manuscripts and the NT from the original Aramaic.
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