Pershitta Canon (Syriac) & Oriental Canon

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I was discussing the canon of Scripture with a non-Catholic who said the Pershitta (pronounced Pesheeta) (alternate spellings are also seen elsewhere of which I don’t have at my fingertips) canon is the same canon of Scripture(both NT & OT) that the protestants have today. He said these canons of scripture were completed in the 2nd century AD. When I pressed him on the books included, he ended up saying that there may have been one extra book more than his Protestant canon.

Does anyone know much about the Pershitta and Oriental canons of Scripture or if there were really such canons in the 2nd century AD? Does anyone know of a reliable source that addresses either of these so-called canons?

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Larry
 
This comes from the following website:
The Peshitta is an ancient copy of the original Scriptures of the First Century Church in Aramaic and Hebrew.** The original Peshitta did not contain the books of 2 Peter (Keipha), 2 John (Yokhanan), 3 John and Jude (Yehuda). Nor did the original Peshitta contain the book of Revelation**, as it was never considered as a canonical book among the Churches in the east. These books were added later to the Peshitto (the edition of the Scriptures as used by the Syriac Orthodox Church translated from the Greek and Aramaic manuscripts). Neither will you find the story of the woman caught in adultery found in most English translations of the Greek text of John chapter 8.
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Notworthy,

Thanks for the website. It seems the canon was much bigger than what he lead me to believe and of course not fixed at that time.

Anything on an “Oriental canon”?

Larry
 
I do apologetic classes in a Chaldean Catholic Church. They use the Pershitta (actually the “per” isn’t pronounced, but I don’t have the nerve to pronounce it in public like they do 🙂 ). In regards to the canon (especially the OT), you have to remember that the Pershitta developed over time with books being added over a span of a couple of hundred years. Anti-Catholics sometimes try to use the Pershitta in its earliest form against Catholics because it is missing some books, ignoring the fact that the missing books eventually were included. Hope this helps.
 
Hello Gary,

Thank you for the information. I too am looking forward to your new book on the canon. Also, will your debate on the canon with James White be available anytime soon?

Thanks,

Larry
 
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