Peshitta

The Peshitta (Classical Syriac ܦܹܫܝܼܛܵܐ for "simple, common, straight, vulgate") is the standard version of the Syriac Bible.

Peshitta Full name: ܡܦܩܬܐ ܦܫܝܛܬܐ mappaqtâ pšîṭtâ Other names: Peshitta, Peshittâ, Pshitta, Pšittâ, Pshitto, Fshitto Translation type: Syriac language Religious affiliation: Syriac Christianity This box: view talk edit

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[BIBLE. N.T. Revelation. Polyglot.] Gelyānā ude-Yoḥanan qaddīsha, id est, Apocalypsis Sancti Iohannis. — Lugduni Batavorum : Ex Typ. Elzeviriana, 1627.

The Old Testament of the Peshitta was translated from the Hebrew, probably in the 2nd century. The New Testament of the Peshitta, which originally excluded certain disputed books (2 Peter, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation), had become the standard by the early 5th century.