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PESHITTO, or PESHITO (i.e. " simple ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 283 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PESHITTO, or PESHITO (i.e. " See also:simple ")  , the See also:standard version of the See also:Bible in the See also:Syriac See also:language . It was See also:long supposed to be the See also:original Syriac version, but is now generally recognized as representing a revision made by See also:Rabbula, See also:bishop of See also:Edessa, See also:early in the 5th See also:century, an See also:attempt at standardizing the Syriac See also:text such as See also:Jerome had made for the Latin in his See also:Vulgate .

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