Harklean version

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title: "Harklean version" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bible-translations-into-aramaic"] description: "Syriac language bible translation by Thomas of Harqel completed in 616 AD in Egypt" topic_path: "general/bible-translations-into-aramaic" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harklean_version" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Syriac language bible translation by Thomas of Harqel completed in 616 AD in Egypt ::

The Harklean version, designated by syr, is a Syriac language bible translation by Thomas of Harqel completed in 616 AD at the Enaton in Egypt. The Harklean version has close affinities with the Byzantine text-type.

The version is partly based on the earlier Philoxenian version, partly a new and very literal translation from the Greek New Testament.

References

References

1. Bromiley, Geoffrey W.. (1995). "The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Q-Z".
2. Kiraz, George Anton. (2002). "Comparative Edition of the Syriac Gospels: Aligning the Old Syriac Sinaiticus, Curetonianus, Peshitta and Harklean Versions". [[Gorgias Press]] (orig. [[Brill Publishers.
3. Kiraz, George Anton. (2004). "Comparative Edition of the Syriac Gospels: Aligning the Old Syriac Sinaiticus, Curetonianus, Peshitta and Harklean Versions". [[Gorgias Press]] (orig. [[Brill Publishers.
4. (2012). "The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis". BRILL.
5. (1998). "The Interpretation of the Bible: The International Symposium Jože Krašovec".

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