Evangelion Da-Mepharreshe: The Curetonian Version of the Four Gospels, With the Readings of the Sinai Palimpsest and the Early Syriac Patristic Evidence, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Scripturis Sanctis ubi et uerborum ordo mysterium est. HiBRON., Ep. I vii. The present volume contains tlie text of the Evangelion da Mepharreshe, or Old Syriac Version of the Four Gospels, with such variants as I have been able to collect and with literal translations of text and variants into English. In the second volume I have described the MSS at length, discussed the grammatical style of the version, examined the relation of the Evangelion da-M epharreshe to the Peshitta and to the Diatessaron of Tatian, and attempted to estimate its place and value in the textual criticism of the Gospels. In this Preface I only wish to say a few words in explanation of the plan and arrangement of the present volume and in defence of the method of translation which I have adopted. First of all I must express my lasting regret that the name of the late Professor Bensly should appear in the Dedication instead of on the Title-P age. Professor Bensly had been for many years contemplating a new issue of the Curetonian Gospels, and on the discovery of the Sinai MS it seemed as if the man most fitted for the work of preparing a critical edition of our greatly increased material was on the spot and ready to do it. But to the grief of all students of Oriental Literature he died immediately after his return from Sinai in 1893, and when the present Dean of Westminster entrusted me with the work which Professor Bensly had undertaken for Texts and Studies I found that I had to begin from the very beginning. Of Professor Bensly slong projected edition of the Curetonian nothing tangible remained after his death but his copy of Cureton sedition containing an incomplete reco Uation of the MS. There were no notes, no specimens of a new translation, no sketches of Prolegomena.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings Read more