Peshitta

E46025

The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation
Syriac Bible
religious text
abbreviation
approximateDate 2nd to 5th century CE
canonStatus standard Bible of Syriac churches
category Christian Bible versions
Syriac literature
contains New Testament
Old Testament
linked to: Bible
earlyNewTestamentOmissions 2 John
2 Peter
3 John
Jude
Revelation
linked to: Book of Revelation
etymology from Syriac word meaning "simple" or "common"
hasTranslation English translations
German translations
other modern language translations
influenced Syriac biblical commentary tradition
Syriac hymnography
Syriac patristic literature
language Syriac
liturgicalRole primary lectionary text in Syriac rites
newTestamentLanguageContext Koine Greek
newTestamentType Syriac version of the New Testament
notableFeature excludes some later Greek New Testament books in early form
oldTestamentSourceTradition Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Septuagint
originatesFrom Late Antiquity
partOf Syriac Christian liturgy
region Mesopotamia
Syriac-speaking Near East
religion Christianity
script Syriac script
studiedIn Syriac studies
biblical studies
textual criticism
textualFamily Syriac textual tradition
theologicalRole authoritative scriptural text for Syriac theology
tradition Syriac Christianity
linked to: Syriac Churches
use biblical study
liturgical reading
theological exegesis
usedBy Chaldean Catholic Church
Church of the East
Maronite Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
various Syriac Protestant communities

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western text-type attestedIn Syriac versions
linked to: Peshitta
Targums relatedConcept Peshitta
Syriac Churches preservesLanguageHeritage Peshitta Bible tradition
linked to: Peshitta
Philoxenus of Mabbug producedWork Philoxenian version of the Syriac New Testament
linked to: Peshitta
refersTo Peshitta
denotes the Peshitta
linked to: Peshitta
abbreviationOf Peshitta
abbreviationFor the Syriac Peshitta Bible
linked to: Peshitta