Editing Peshitta (section)

== New Testament ==
In a [[Textual criticism|detailed examination]] of Matthew 1–14, [[George Gwilliam]] found that where texts differ, the Peshitta agrees with the ''[[Textus Receptus]]'' only 108 times and with the ''[[Codex Vaticanus]]'' 65 times. Meanwhile, in 137 instances it differs from both, usually with the support of the Old Syriac and the Old Latin, and in 31 instances it stands alone.<ref name = Metzger>{{cite book|author-link=Bruce M. Metzger|last1=Metzger|first1=Bruce M. |title=The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission and Limitations|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1977|page=50}}</ref>

A statement by [[Eusebius]] that [[Hegesippus (chronicler)|Hegesippus]] "made some quotations from the Gospel according to the Hebrews and from the Syriac Gospel," means we should have a reference to a Syriac New Testament as early as 160–180 CE, the time of that Hebrew Christian writer. The translation of the New Testament has been admired by Syriac scholars, who have deemed it "careful, faithful, and literal" with it sometimes being referred to as the "Queen of the versions".<ref name="bible-researcher1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bible-researcher.com/syriac-isbe.html|title=Syriac Versions of the Bible|first1=Thomas |last1=Nicol|website=www.bible-researcher.com|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>