When I read the book: 'Was the New Testament Really Written in Greek?' I learned that the "New Testament" was really translated from the Aramaic Peshitta into Greek. But the only modern English version available was the 1933 Lamsa—very copyright restricted. So I decided to update the 1851 Murdock / 1848 Etheridge versions into modern English. It took 5,000 hours to revise the texts, noting some very interesting differences between the Aramaic and the Greek versions. While I thought that I would find many new insights that were lost in the translation from Aramaic to Greek, I actually found more errors occurring going from Greek into English in most translations! My online version has about 2,500 live links to a Greek lexicon for instant verifications. There is no wretched copyright restricting your legal usage, just a required Creative Commons License.
There is a sudden interest in the Aramaic text now with several new copyrighted versions available.
Details
- Publication Date
- Jan 10, 2010
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781304917997
- Category
- Children's
- Copyright
- Some Rights Reserved - Creative Commons (CC BY)
- Contributors
- By (author): Lonnie Martin
Specifications
- Pages
- 530
- Binding
- Case Wrap
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)