Annotations on the Four Gospels; Compiled and Abridged for the Use of Students. in Two Volumes - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1799. Excerpt: ... including the Syriac, language consists of three different dialects. The first, and most perfect, is that which was spoken at Babylon, the metropolis of the Assyrian empire. An example of this, in its greatest purity, is in the books of Daniel and Ezra.--The second dialect is the Syriac, or that spoken at Antioch and Commagene, and the rest of Syria; properly the Syriac language, and written in the Syriac character or form of Tetters.--The third is the Jerusalem dialect, which in its best state contained a mixture of Hebrew words, was that Chaldee usually spoken by Christ and his apostles, and is written in the Hebrew character, or form of letters. The Rabbinical Hebrew has its basis in the Hebrew greatly mixed with the Chaldee; and by the Rabbis writing in it on various subjects in different sciences, with words from the Latin, Greek, Arabian, and Persian, it is become a copious language. Simon. Cr. Hist. O. T. b.iii. c. 7. The most ancient of the Jewish writings are the Chaldee paraphrases, or Targums, as they are called, i. e. expositions of the Old Testament. It is the prevailing opinion, though strongly contested by some critics, that the Hebrew became in a good measure estranged to the common people at the Babylonish captivity; and that on the return, as appears Neb. viii. 8, 9. when the law was read in the synagogues, the interpreter explained it in the Chaldee language. This usage, in process of time, gave rife to many expositions or targums in the Chaldee on various parts of the Hebrew scriptures; some perhaps being intended for private use. Of these the only valuable ones are that of Onkelos on the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses; and of Jonathan on the Prophets. All the Jews attest, that the authors flourished about the time of Christ: and t...
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