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It was hidden in the Vatican Library, one of the oldest translations of the Gospel is revealed

2023-04-30 16:22:40Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
It was hidden in the Vatican Library, one of the oldest translations of the
One of the oldest translations of the Gospel is revealed

A fragment of one of the oldest Syriac translations of the Gospel, dating from the 6th century AD has been discovered in the Vatican Library. It was hidden under three layers of text, after the parchment sheet had been reused by a scribe, as was customary 1,300 years ago. Details of the find were published in "New Testament Studies".

According to Grigory Kessel, author of the discovery, the translation was made in the third century and copied in the sixth century. According to him, the found fragment is the copied version.

"There is no doubt that the manuscript dates no later than the sixth century, perhaps in the first half of the sixth century," he underlines.

The text refers to the 12th chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew: "It is fascinating to note the difference in the use of some terms in this version compared to the original Greek", comments Justin Brierley, writer and radio author who deals with theology and in particular with Christianity .

Until now we had only three manuscripts containing the Old Syriac translation of the Gospels: one is kept in the British Library in London, one in the Monastery of St. Catherine in Mount Sinai (Egypt), and one has recently been identified in the Sinai Palimpsests Project. Therefore, this fragment is part of a fourth translation, of which we have no other trace, and was identified thanks to ultraviolet photography, which discovered it between the pages of a manuscript in the Vatican Library.

The earliest version of this Syriac translation (the 3rd century), which provides a unique insight into the first phase of the history of the written transmission of the Gospels, predates the earliest Greek manuscripts, including the famous Codex Sinaiticus. The discovery also highlights the importance that new technologies play in uncovering ancient manuscripts. If we hadn't had the help of ultraviolet photography, the fragment would still be buried among the parchments of the Vatican Library.


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