The Textual Relation of the Peshitta of Ezek 1-12 to MT and to the Ancient Versions (Tgj and LXX)

Abstract

"The dilemma of the Syriac version is its mysterious provenance and the direct relationship it may have to the other versions (particularly LXX and TgJ. Thus some scholars have automatically discarded or ignored the Peshitta version as a useful tool (as a textual witness) for the study of the Hebrew text. The knowledge of textual problems, in this case the relationship of S to the ancient versions, is of extreme importance in the analysis and study of the Hebrew Bible. The awareness of LXX, TgJ, and MT employed in the textual composition of S will help in exegetic, semantic, and linguistic studies of the OT"