From Judaism to Christianity

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Dr Michael Weitzman was one of the leading biblical scholars of his generation. This volume brings together his most important contributions to the study of the Hebrew and the Syriac bibles, and the relationship between ancient Judaism and emerging Christianity. The Syriac Version has not traditionally been studied in its Jewish context. From Judaism to Christianity examines this Version in relation to the non-rabbinic Jewish community in which it was produced, and traces the development of its religious orientation towards Christianity. It will be extremely useful to anyone interested in the relationships between the Versions, as well as its Jewish literary, religious, and historical setting.

In addition to being a biblical scholar of distinction, Dr Weizman was also an outstanding Semitic philologist, an accomplished Classicist, and a Statistician.

Preface
Part One: Introduction From Judaism to Christianity: The Syriac Version of the Hebrew Bible
Part Two: Translating the Hebrew Bible On Translating the Old Testament: The Achievement of William Tyndale
The Interpretative Character of the Syriac Old Testament
The Origin of the Peshitta Psalter
The Peshitta Psalter and its Hebrew Vorlage
The Hebrew and Syriac Test of the Book of Job
Tiro – Wine or Grape? A Case of Metonymy
What was Corinthian Bronze?
Part Three: The Syriac Bible and Other Versions Peshitta, Septuagint and Targum
Is the Peshitta of Chronicles a Targum?
The Reliability of Retroversions of ‘The Three’ from the Syro-Hexaplar: A pilot study on Hosea
Two Curious Passages in the Syriac Version of Wisdom
The Originality of Unique Readings in Peshitta MS.9a1
Part Four: Interpreting Numbers The Dates in Ezekiel Cracking the Codes Acknowledgements Index

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