A Critical Examination of the Peshitta Version of the Book of Ezra

by Charles Arthur Hawley

Publisher:

Columbia University Press

, 1922

Overview

Comparing both Hebrew and Syriac translations based from the Peshitta, Charles Arthur Hawley examines the semantic variation within the text. Setting the original foundation as the Masoretic Text (MT), Hawley notes the literal yet sometimes paraphrased text of the Peshitta.

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Key Features

• Studies the Peshitta text of the Book of Ezra
• Examines the semantic variation
• Compares the Hebrew and Syriac translations

Product Details

• Title: A Critical Examination of the Peshitta Version of the Book of Ezra
• Author: Charles Arthur Hawley
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication Date: 1922
• Pages: 71

About Charles Arthur Hawley

Charles Arthur Hawley, born in 1889, was educated at the University of Iowa and Union Theological Seminary. Soon after he became a professor of biblical literature at the International Young Men’s Christian Association College in Springfield, Massachusetts. Hawley went on to become an associate professor at Mount Holyoke College.