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Khaboris Manuscript Selected Passages Form the Khabouris Manuscript, an Ancient Text of the Syriac New Testament

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The Yonan Codex Foundation presents a unique sample of the Khaboris Manuscript articulately translated from Aramaic into English. The Codex was revealed in 1966 and the colophon was dated to the "first decade of the 3rd century" making it the oldest Aramaic New Testament known to exist. The translation has some important Aramaic transliterated words placed into the reading in parenthesis for "Enlightenment." There is a glossary in the back where each word can be found. This tranlation is not intended to conform to established religious mind sets. There is a reason why each passage was chosen. The reader should ask the question, "Why?" with each passage and read it parallel to their favorite translation. In each instance you will see where the Aramaic sheds new light upon each reading. I am very greatful that each Aramaic word presented is in the form seen in the Codex and not just the root, for example, gmeer compared to gmeerii in Mat. 5:48 ("ii" shows plurality or possesion). There is a report of the Codex containing a physical description, Canon contents, scribal subscriptions, and general significance.

The selected passages are as follows:
John 1:1-18 (In The Beginning)
John 2:12-17 (Jesus Clears The Temple)
John 3:3-21 (Jesus Teaches Nicodemus)
John 4:20-24 (Jesus Talks With A Samaritan Woman)
John 12:35-36, 46-47 (Light Of The World)
John 14:26 (Instruction In All Matters)
John 17:17 (The Real Truth)
John 18:37 (Jesus and Pilate)
John 20:22 (Receive the Holy Spirit)
Matthew 4:1-10 (Jesus In The Wilderness)
Matthew 5:1 to 7:29 (Sermon On the Mount)
Matthew 8:1 to 9:8 (Jesus Healing Many)
Matthew 10:35-39 (Losing Life and Finding Life)
Matthew 11:28-30 (Rest For The Weary)
Matthew 12:25-37 (Beelzebub Drives Out Demons)
Matthew 13:10-17 (Why Do You Speak In Parables?)
Matthew 15:16-20 (What Defiles A Man?)
Matthew 17:15-16 (Demon Possessed Boy)
Matthew 18:8-9 (If Your Hand Causes You To Sin)
Matthew 18:21-35 (Parable Of The Unmerciful Servant)
Matthew 19:3-12 (Questioned About Divorce)
Matthew 19:21-26 (Rich Man And The Eye Of The Needle)
Matthew 21:43 (Conclusion Of The Parable Of Tenants)
Matthew 22:17-21 (Tax To Caesar)
Matthew 22:36-40 (Greatest Commandment)
Matthew 23:12 (The Humble Exalted)
Matthew 25:14-30 (Parable Of The Talents)

The Khaboris Manuscript is believed to once belonged to the Nestorians. Possibly from a church in Kurdistan. It contains nearly the entire Oriental Canon.

I would like to note that the Foundation makes a lot of claims in the Introduction designed to portray Aramaic as the original language of mankind. Some statements are very misleading claiming Aramaic has never evolved like all other languages. It claims it is "the language of most of the prophets of the Judeo-Christian faith" yet from the Tanach (Old Testament) in reality there were only a few. Nearly a whole page line for line is full of lies on this subject, which of course, casts a shadow of doubt upon the translation that follows.

My edition (c 1993) has a lot of typo-errors. The book is small with only 98 pages.