Aramaic Bible in Plain English

The Aramaic Bible in Plain English is a modern English New Testament rendered from Syriac and Aramaic sources rather than directly from the standard Greek critical text. Its scope is limited to the New Testament, and its translation philosophy is a readable, Syriac/Aramaic-based approach. It is categorized here as a fresh translation, with the Peshitta — the traditional Syriac version of the Bible long used in the churches of the Syriac tradition — serving as its predecessor or base text. As such, it belongs to a small family of English versions that work from Aramaic witnesses instead of the Greek manuscript tradition that underlies most modern English New Testaments, offering readers a view of the text as transmitted in Syriac-speaking Christianity. Within this catalogue, it is included as a completeness backstop for coverage of English translation and revision families, rounding out the record of approaches represented among English-language versions.