Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Use of the Syriac versions in the liturgy / Sebastian P. Brock -- Between the school and the monk's cell : the Syriac Old Testament commentary tradition / Lucas Van Rompay -- Problems in the Syriac New Testament and how Syrian exegetes solved them / William L. Petersen -- Biblical text in the Disputation of Sergius the Stylite against a Jew / A. Peter Hayman -- Reworking the biblical text in the dramatic dialogue poems on the Old Testament patriarch Joseph / Kristian Heal -- Old Testament in the new : the Syriac versions of the New Testament as a witness to the text of the Old Testament Peshi�tta / Jan Joosten -- 'Syriac Masora' and the New Testament Peshi�tta / Andreas Juckel -- Four kingdoms in Peshi�tta Daniel 7 in the light of the early history of interpretation / Arie van der Kooij -- Aphrahat's use of his Old Testament / Marinus D. Koster -- 'There is no need of turtle-doves or young pigeons ...' (Jacob of Sarug) : quotations and non-quotations of Leviticus in selected Syriac writers / David J. Lane -- Ephrem, his school, and the Yawnaya : some remarks on the early Syriac versions of the New Testament / Christian Lange -- Isho�dad's knowledge of Hebrew as evidenced from his treatment of Peshi�tta Ezekiel / Jerome A. Lund -- Text of the New Testament in the Acts of Judas Thomas / Craig E. Morrison -- Interpretation in the Greek Antiochenes and the Syriac Fathers / Shinichi Muto -- Book of Proverbs in Aphrahat's Demonstrations / Robert J. Owens -- Sirach quotations in the Discourses of Philoxenus of Mabbug: text and context / Wido van Peursen -- Reception of Peshi�tta Chronicles: some elements for investigation / David Phillips -- Greek vs. the Peshi�tta in a West Syrian exegetical collection / Bas ter Haar Romeny -- Peshi�tta and biblical quotations in the longer Syriac version of the commentary of Athanasius on the Psalms (BL Add. 14568), with special attention to Psalm 23 (24) and 102 (103) / Harry F. van Rooy -- Reception of the Peshi�tta Psalter in Bar Salibi's Commentary on the Psalms / Stephen D. Ryan -- Obscure words in the Peshi�tta of Samuel, according to Theodore bar Koni / Alison Salvesen -- New Testament quotations in the breviary of the Syrian Orthodox Church,example : The Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38) / Aho Shemunkasho -- Psalm headings in the West Syrian tradition / David G.K. Taylor -- Peshitta New Testament quotations in the West Syrian anaphoras : some general observations / Baby Varghese.

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