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Peshitta

The Peshitta (“the simple version”) is the Syriac translation of the Bible. It includes both the books of the Old Testament (translated from Hebrew) and the books of the New Testament (translated from Greek). The Syriac translation usually stays close to the Hebrew and Greek source text. The Peshitta was created around the fourth century AD.

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