http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/02/05/the-art-of-the-matter/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/02/05/the-art-of-the-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1276255 Carl Sommer Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:34:58 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/02/05/the-art-of-the-matter/#comment-1276255 I'm not a manuscript expert, but people who know say this manuscript is probably less than a thousand years old, if it's not fake in the first place. 1700, 1800 year old manuscripts just don't come to us in such excellent condition, and they are usually found in extremely dry places like the Egyptian or Judean desert. Sorry! I’m not a manuscript expert, but people who know say this manuscript is probably less than a thousand years old, if it’s not fake in the first place. 1700, 1800 year old manuscripts just don’t come to us in such excellent condition, and they are usually found in extremely dry places like the Egyptian or Judean desert. Sorry!

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/02/05/the-art-of-the-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1275796 dim bulb Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:34:09 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/02/05/the-art-of-the-matter/#comment-1275796 I figured it was too good to be true, thus the "possibly" in my previous comment. I've been reading Cornelius a Lapide's famous, ponderous, and boring commentary on the Gospels, he often refers to the Syriac manuscripts known to him which is why the story caught my attention. Those translation often have a poetical touch about them; at least it seems so to me. I figured it was too good to be true, thus the “possibly” in my previous comment. I’ve been reading Cornelius a Lapide’s famous, ponderous, and boring commentary on the Gospels, he often refers to the Syriac manuscripts known to him which is why the story caught my attention. Those translation often have a poetical touch about them; at least it seems so to me.

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/02/05/the-art-of-the-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1275780 Mike Aquilina Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:28:49 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/02/05/the-art-of-the-matter/#comment-1275780 I did see it. It doesn't ring quite right, though. Jim Davila points us to some reasons why, in some recent coverage: http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html#6974246054364384434 I did see it. It doesn’t ring quite right, though. Jim Davila points us to some reasons why, in some recent coverage:
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html#6974246054364384434

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/02/05/the-art-of-the-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1273807 dim bulb Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:08:51 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/02/05/the-art-of-the-matter/#comment-1273807 Are you familiar with this story concerning the discovery of a (possibly) ancient Syriac manuscript of the Bible? http://www.americanpapist.com/2009/02/photo-ancient-syriac-bible-found-in.html Are you familiar with this story concerning the discovery of a (possibly) ancient Syriac manuscript of the Bible?
http://www.americanpapist.com/2009/02/photo-ancient-syriac-bible-found-in.html

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