George M. Lamsa (1892–1975)

Very interesting translation from the Peshitta, the standard version of the Bible from the Syriac tradition. In Lamsa, 1 Chronicles 7:22 reads, "And her daughter escaped in upper and lower Beth-horon." The NASB reads, "Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him."

In Lamsa, 1 Peter 3:7 in part reads, "live with your wives with understanding, and hold them with tenderness like delicate vessels, because they also will inherit with you the gift of everlasting life." NASB, "live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life."

Jeremiah 4:10 in Lamsa reads in part, "Ah, Lord God! I have greatly deceived this people." NASB, "Ah, Lord God! Surely you have utterly deceived this people."

This comparison is not meant to criticize the Lamsa Bible but only to show the differences in these two passages, some very stark differences. There are more differences, not that they change the overall meaning of the passage compared to the NASB, but they are interesting and some provoke a deeper understanding of the text.… (mere)

This is a lot of fun and educational. Camel through the eye of a needle? No, it was a rope through the eye of the needle.
Until the scholars at Oxbridge were able to teach the Aramaic speaking Syrians English after WW I, no-one knew how to translate the aramaic phrases that were retained word for word in the KJV translation. The first Aramaic to English lexicon was c. 1938. Until then the English translators either got it wrong, or just left the Aramic as it was for later translators. A gem of a book.… (mere)