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The text of the Palestinian Syriac lectionary is indeed largely independent of the Syriac text underlying the Arabic Diatessaron.

This does not imply that it goes back (in anything like its present form) to the 2nd century. It is probably later than Cyril of Jerusalem (4th century).

Andrew Criddle

Not only the Leper is puzzling. I don't understand why the authors of the severe criticism against the woman become in Matthew the "disciples" and not "those who were present". Is not Matthew an apologist of these disciples, against Mark? Mark 14:3-9 3 While he was in Bethany, r...

But in Luke and in John I don't find the idea of the Son as "the cup receiving the milk of the father". Drijver translates the Curetonian Syriac of John 1:14 as the Father, as He was full of grace and truth . I.E. it is the Father whose is full of grace and truth bot the word. (It seems c...

So Davies about Ode 19 and 33: Some might argue that there are specific references to Christian themes in Ode 19, which discusses a virgin birth, and in Ode 24 where a dove flutters above the Messiah. Buth in both cases the imagery in the Odes is utterly unlike any that has ever been associated wit...

According to prof Stevan Davies, this talks about the inverse direction of dependence, i.e. from Odes to John. I tend to think that Drijvers is correct in relating this Syriac tradition to the Diatessaron which brought together the birth of Christ from God in the beginning of John and the birth of ...

That does make sense, and I agree that "there is no prima facie expectation" that Yahwism would necessarily have to have the same mythos, particularly if this part is sound: This involves describing the departing of Ba'al and the response of the other gods in ways deliberately modeled on ...

Andrew, how do you reconcile the "great city" here being (apparently) Jerusalem when elsewhere in the book it is (apparently) Rome? I would distinguish Babylon the great city (Rome see for comparison 1 Peter 5:13) and Sodom the great city (Jerusalem see Isaiah 1:9-10 Jeremiah 23:10 ...). ...

I've been reading Drijvers on the Odes of Solomon He translates the passage in Ode 19 The Holy Spirit opened Her bosom, and mixed the milk of the two breasts of the Father. as The Holy Spirit opened Her womb, and mixed the milk of the two breasts of the Father. (The Syriac can mean either) and sees ...

in this case the Ode would be referring to the destruction of the Temple. Andrew Criddle But the context supports the former reading: 1) the destination of ''everything'' overwhelmed by the river is the temple as final place of worship of the One God. 2) Moreover, someone named Solomon, builder of ...

Rylands mentions this particular Ode: Ode 6 As the wind glides through the harp and the strings speak, So the Spirit of the Lord speaks through my members, and I speak through His love. For He destroys whatever is alien, and everything is of the Lord. For thus it was from the beginning, and will be...