Who translated the Aramaic Bible in plain English?

Rev. David Bauscher
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Is there an original Aramaic Bible?

Aramaic was the language of Jesus and of 1st century Israel. The Peshitta Bible is the world’s first entire Christian Bible. The Peshitta Old Testament is itself a translation of the Hebrew Bible completed in the 1st century AD, according to the available evidence.

Is Aramaic Bible available?

There are six versions of the New Testament in Aramaic languages: the Vetus Syra (Old Syriac), a translation from Greek into early Classical Syriac, containing most—but not all—of the text of the 4 Gospels, and represented in the Curetonian Gospels and the Sinaitic Palimpsest.

What is the oldest Aramaic Bible?

Peshitta
The term Peshitta was used by Moses bar Kepha in 903 and means “simple” (in analogy to the Latin Vulgate). It is the oldest Syriac version which has survived to the present day in its entirety.

When was the Aramaic Bible in Plain English written?

The text translated is the 6th-7th century Codex Ambrosianus- the oldest complete Semitic Old Testament extant. The Peshitta Old Testament was very likely translated from the Hebrew Bible in the 1st century AD in Israel by Christian coverts from Judaism, or possibly Syrian Christians from across Israel’s border.

What is the difference between Aramaic and Hebrew?

The main difference between Aramaic and Hebrew is that Aramaic is the language of the Arameans (Syrians) while Hebrew is the language of the Hebrews (Israelites). Both Aramaic and Hebrew are closely related languages (both Northwest Semitic) with a quite similar terminology.

Which version of the Bible is closest to Aramaic?

the Peshitta
In the Syriac (Eastern Aramaic) language the Peshitta (Syriac: “common version”) is the standard version of the Christian Bible. It continues to serve as the Bible of churches in the Syriac tradition (Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic, and Syriac Orthodox) to this day.

What language was the New Testament Bible originally written in?

Greek
Biblical HebrewBiblical Aramaic
The Bible/Original languages