The Textual Relation of the Peshitta of Ezekiel 1-12 to MT and to the Ancient Versions (Tg-J and LXX)

<p><em>Problem</em> . The dilemma of the Syriac version is its mysterious provenance and the direct relationship it may have to the other versions (particularly <strong>G </strong>[Septuagint] and <strong>C</strong>^J[Targum Jonathan]). Thus some scholars have automatically discarded or ignored the Peshitta version as a useful tool (as a textual witness) for the study of the Hebrew text. The knowledge of textual problems, in this case the relationship of<em> </em><strong>S</strong> [Peshitta Version] to the ancient versions, is of extreme importance in the analysis and study of the Hebrew Bible. The awareness of <strong>G </strong>[Septuagint], <strong>C</strong>^J[Targum Jonathan], and <strong>M</strong> [Masoretic Text] employed in the textual composition of <strong>S</strong> [Peshitta Version] will help in exegetic, semantic, and linguistic studies of the Old Testament.</p> <p><em>Method</em> . Critical editions of the OT with their apparatus constitute the basic database for this study. This work consists of a comparative, analytic, and evaluative study of the Peshitta version of Ezekiel in relationship to the ancient versions (<strong>G</strong> [Septuagint] and <strong>C</strong>^J[Targum Jonathan] and to <strong>M </strong>[Masoretic Text]. The study covers the first twelve chapters of Ezekiel, but only those readings in the <strong>S</strong> [Peshitta Version] that indicate a probable relationship to an external source are taken into consideration.</p> <p><em>Conclusion</em> . <strong>S</strong> [Peshitta Version] (Ezek 1-12) was based on a Hebrew text similar to that of <strong>M </strong>[Masoretic Text], and any relationship to another ancient version can be explained as a mere coincidence or by the use of a common translation technique. In this case <strong>S</strong> [Peshitta Version] is useful as a tool in textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, for it is a valuable witness to a Hebrew consonantal text very similar to <strong>M </strong>[Masoretic Text].</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Religion, Old Testament Studies PhD

Year

1999

Author dc:creator

• Azevedo, Joaquim

Contributors dc:contributor

• Leona G. Running
• Richard M. Davidson
• W. Larry Richards

• Classical Literature and Philology
• Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/11

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.andrews.edu:dissertations-1010