Another authentic manuscript of Revelation, James and Jude is the Gaster Ms. 1616 from the Manchester University Library. It was copied from the Indian manuscripts after they were brought to Europe, and thus contains virtually the same text as Oo.1.16 and Oo.1.32.

 

We are very excited to share with you the transcripts and translations of these authentic Hebrew New Testament books, James, Jude and Revelation.

 

May the name of YHWH be exalted through Yeshua the Messiah!

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Footnotes:

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[1] Today these are known as Ms. Oo.1.16 and Ms. Oo.1.32 of the Cambridge University Library.

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[2] For examples where Oo.1.32 (and Oo.1.16 where applicable) agrees with the Peshitta against other versions see Mat. 18:22 (Peshitta “seventy times seven seven”); Mat 28:18 (Peshitta adds “as the Father sent me…”); Mark 3:6 (Peshitta: “house of Herod”); Mark 4:38 (Peshitta adds “and they came”); Mark 15:38 (Peshitta: “the door of the temple”); Luke 1:11 (Peshitta adds “to Zechariah”); Luke 1:17 (Peshitta adds “prophet”); Luke 1:42 (Peshitta adds “to Miryam”); John 3:2 (Peshitta: “you were sent”); Act. 8:9 (Peshitta: “I, I am great”); Act. 8:25 (Peshitta: “word of God”); Act. 2:30 (Peshitta: “I will cause to sit”); Rom. 5:7 (Peshitta: “die for the wicked”); 2 Cor. 6:2 (Peshitta uses “life” for ‘salvation’); Gal.1:1 (Peshitta: “the house of the dead”); Eph.4:29 (Peshitta: “hateful word”); etc.

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[3] Post-exilic Hebrew (e.g. in the biblical books Ezra & Nehemiah) does contain Aramized words, but see the following list of unusual Peshitta-based Aramaisms in Oo.1.32 (and Oo.1.16 where applicable) which suggest an Aramaic sub-text and incomplete translation:  “משיחא” for “המשיח” (Mat. 1:1, 1:16); “להון” for “להם” (Mat. 2:8); “מריה” for “יהוה” or “אדני” etc. (Mat. 2:13); “טובתהון” for “אשריהם” (Mat. 5:3); “מרי מרי” for “אדני אדני” (Mat. 7:21); “ליה” for “לו” (Mark 1:13); “לן” for “לנו” (Mark 1:24); “מלאכה” for “המלאך” (Luke 1:11); “בפרצופו” for “לפני” (Luke 2:31); “ליה” for “לו” (John 2:3, 3:); “קודסא” for “הקודש” (Act. 1:5,8); “כהנא” for “הכהן”(Act. 9:2); “אסכנא” for “נכרים” (Eph. 2:12); “מרן” for “אדונינו” (Eph. 6:21,23); “ידעינן” for “יודעים אנחנו” (1Cor. 8:4); “רצונה” for “רצונו” (1Cor. 7:37); “העמיד” for “הטביל” and “תעמדו” for “תטבלו” (Act. 1:5), etc.

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[4] Examples will be explained under 'Evidence of Authenticity' in the introductory sections of the translations.

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[5] The few Aramaic words that do occur in this Hebrew Revelation, James and Jude do not correspond to the forms used in the Peshitta. For example, Revelation 8:1 uses the Biblical Aramaic expression“כשעה חדא” which indicates ‘a moment’ rather than ‘an hour’.