Introduction

The Peshitta Institute studies the Syriac Bible translation (the Peshitta). The Peshitta Institute is part of the Faculty of Religious Studies of the University of Leiden. It is the coordination centre of Peshitta projects and activities (as listed below), in which a number of international scholars and research institutes participate. These projects and activities are related to the research program of LISOR: The Hebrew Bible and its Ancient Versions.

The Peshitta Institute is part of the Faculty of Religious Studies of the University of Leiden. It is the coordination centre of Peshitta projects and activities (as listed below), in which a number of international scholars and research institutes participate. These projects and activities are related to the research program of LISOR: The Hebrew Bible and its Ancient Versions.


Projects

  1. The Old Testament in Syriac
  2. Major edition (Peshitta)
  3. Minor edition (Peshitta)
  4. Peshitta Electronic Text Project
  5. Annotated English translation (Peshitta)
  6. Concordance to the Peshitta
  7. Other Versions of the Syriac Bible
  8. Revision of the List of Old Testament Peshitta Manuscripts
  9. Turgama: Computer Assisted Linguistic Analysis of the Peshitta and the Targum 
  10. Translation technique
  11. Reception and cultural history of the Peshitta text ('Wirkungsgeschichte')
  12. Research on biblical commentaries, exegitical and related studies
  13. Citation by the Syriac Patres
  14. Liturgical use of the Peshitta

Activities

  1. Peshitta database project
  2. Discussion list
  3. Monographs of the Peshitta Institute
  4. Congresses and Symposia

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Last Modified: 16-05-2012