The Antioch Bible: The Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation (English and Syriac Edition) PDF
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About the pagination of this eBook Due to the unique page numbering scheme of this book, the electronic pagination of the eBook does not match the pagination of the printed version. To navigate the text, please use the electronic Table of Contents that appears alongside the eBook or the Search function. For citation purposes, use the page numbers that appear in the text. THE ANTIOCH BIBLE The Syriac Peshiṭta Bible with English Translation The Twelve Prophets Ṣurath Kthobh Editors George A. Kiraz Andreas Juckel The Syriac Peshiṭta Bible with English Translation The Twelve Prophets English Translation by Donald M. Walter Gillian Greenberg English Translation by Text Prepared by Donald M. Walter George A. Kiraz Text Prepared by Gillian Greenberg Joseph Bali George A. Kiraz Joseph Bali 9 34 2012 Gorgias Press LLC, 954 River Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA www.gorgiaspress.com Copyright © 2 0 1 2 by Gorgias Press LLC All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise without the prior written permission of Gorgias Press LLC. 2012 ܛ 9 ISBN 978-1-4632-0177-7 Printed in the United States of America Colleague and outstanding Dean Thomas Richard Ross Donald M. Walter Inspiring scholar, generous teacher, and kind friend Anthony Gelston Gillian Greenberg TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents .................................................................................... v Foreword to the Edition ....................................................................... vii By George A. Kiraz Making of the Text ................................................................................... vii Orthographic Diversions from Leiden and Mosul .............................. ix Orthographic Diversions from Mosul ................................................... ix Text Organization ....................................................................................... x Acknowledgements .................................................................................... xi Abbreviations.......................................................................................... xii Introduction to the Translation .......................................................... xiii By Donald M. Walter and Gillian Greenberg The Peshiṭta .............................................................................................. xiii The Book of the Twelve Prophets ....................................................... xiii Translation Policy .................................................................................... xiv Notes .......................................................................................................... xiv Translation Technique ............................................................................. xv Addenda ..................................................................................................... xix Addendum 1: Mistranslation .................................................................. xix Addendum 2: Inner-Syriac Corruption ............................................ xxxix Addendum 3: Hebrew Meaning Obscure ............................................. xli Appendix 1: Versification .................................................................. xlvii Appendix 2: Variant Readings ........................................................... xlix Appendix 3: Names ................................................................................ lv Common Syriac Proper Names ............................................................... lv Replacement ................................................................................................ lv Initial Positions .......................................................................................... lvi Medial Positions ........................................................................................ lvi Endings ...................................................................................................... lvii Sibilants (Initial, Medial, Final) ............................................................. lviii Translation ............................................................................................... lviii Bibliography ............................................................................................ lix Lexica and Dictionaries ............................................................................ lix Reference .................................................................................................... lix Reference Commentaries on The Twelve ............................................ lix V VI Table of Contents General Interest .......................................................................................... lx Text and Translation ............................................................................... 1
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