This work provides a range of information, previously unpublished, essential to the study of the Peshitta Gospel text as a translation of the Greek and as a literary work in its own right. It is designed to serve both scholar and student. The Key, in which each word is classified according to its Syriac root, provides (a) a complete analytical concordance, (b) the notation of the part of speech for each principal Syriac term, (c) an English translation of each word cited corresponding to its use in the Peshitta Gospels, (d) Syriac words of similar meaning,...

This second volume of A Key to the Peshitta Gospels again provides a range of information, previously unpublished, essential to the study of the Peshitta Gospel text as a translation of the Greek and as a literary work in its own right. It is designed to serve both scholar and student. The Key, in which each word is classified according to its Syriac root, provides a) a Syriac-English dictionary, b) the notation of the part of speech for each Syriac term, c) referenced contextual phrases in English that illustrate a word's meanings, d) Syriac words of similar meaning, e) the...