James Murdock (1776–1856) was an American biblical scholar, born in
Westbrook, Connecticut
Westbrook is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 6,769 at the 2020 census. The town center is classified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP).
Geography
Westbrook lies in the shoreli ...
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He made the first translation of the New Testament from the
Syriac Peshitta
The Peshitta ( syc, ܦܫܺܝܛܬܳܐ ''or'' ') is the standard version of the Bible for churches in the Syriac tradition, including the Maronite Church, the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Syriac Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the ...
into English in 1851.
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"Murdock,. James. (1776–1856) TJames Murdock was born in Westbrook, Connecticut, of Scotch-Irish descent. He entered Yale College, New Haven, at the age of 17, and graduated in 1797 (A.B.), second in his class ... Having been somewhat familiar with the Syriac language, Murdock says that, when he was nearly 70 years old, he began reading the Peshitta Syriac Version of the New Testament “to extend (my) own long cherished but scanty knowledge of the Syriac language."
Works
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The Syriac New Testament Translated into English from the Peshitto Version'
source
References
External links
James Murdock's English Peshitta translation(Dukhrana Biblical Research)
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Translators of the Bible into English
Syriacists
1776 births
1856 deaths
Aramaic–English translators