Peshitta

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The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation
Syriac Bible
religious text
abbreviation
approximateDate 2nd to 5th century CE
canonStatus standard Bible of Syriac churches
category Christian Bible versions
Syriac literature
contains New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
earlyNewTestamentOmissions 2 John
Second Epistle of Peter
surface form: 2 Peter

3 John
Jude
Book of Revelation
surface form: Revelation
etymology from Syriac word meaning "simple" or "common"
hasTranslation English translations
German translations
other modern language translations
influenced Syriac biblical commentary tradition
Syriac hymnography
Syriac patristic literature
language Syriac
liturgicalRole primary lectionary text in Syriac rites
newTestamentLanguageContext Koine Greek
newTestamentType Syriac version of the New Testament
notableFeature excludes some later Greek New Testament books in early form
oldTestamentSourceTradition Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Septuagint
originatesFrom Late Antiquity
partOf Syriac Christian liturgy
region Mesopotamia
Syriac-speaking Near East
religion Christianity
script Syriac script
studiedIn Syriac studies
biblical studies
textual criticism
textualFamily Syriac textual tradition
theologicalRole authoritative scriptural text for Syriac theology
tradition Syriac Churches
surface form: Syriac Christianity
use biblical study
liturgical reading
theological exegesis
usedBy Chaldean Catholic Church
Assyrian Church of the East
surface form: Church of the East

Maronite Christianity
surface form: Maronite Church

Syriac Catholic Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
various Syriac Protestant communities

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Western text-type attestedIn Peshitta
this entity surface form: Syriac versions
Targums relatedConcept Peshitta
Syriac Churches preservesLanguageHeritage Peshitta
this entity surface form: Peshitta Bible tradition
Philoxenus of Mabbug producedWork Peshitta
this entity surface form: Philoxenian version of the Syriac New Testament
refersTo Peshitta
denotes Peshitta
this entity surface form: the Peshitta
abbreviationOf Peshitta
abbreviationFor Peshitta
this entity surface form: the Syriac Peshitta Bible