The Syriac Version of the Old Testament: An Introduction. From: Church History | Date: June 1, 2000| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2000 American Society of Church History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The Syriac Version of the Old Testament: An Introduction. By M. P. Weitzman. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 56. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xvi + 355 pp. $79.95 cloth.

This is a most timely and welcome volume. The Syriac translation of the Old Testament, which was probably made over the course of the second century C.E., is an important cultural document from many different points of view. It is a very early witness to the stabilized text of the Hebrew Bible that emerged in the aftermath of the First Jewish Revolt. It provides a link between a ...

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