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PETER J. WILLIAMS, Studies in the Syntax of the Peshitta of 1 Kings (Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Leiden 12; Leiden/Boston/Cologne: Brill, 2001). Pp. xvi + 202. NLG 141.04, $75.
The Leiden edition of the Peshitta, now nearly complete, has prompted a fresh appreciation of this version, especially with regard to its value as a witness to the proto-MT. The primary frustration for biblical scholars consulting the Peshitta has been in trying to determine whether a particular reading witnesses to a Hebrew Vorlage different from the MT or is simply characteristic of the version (i.e., translation technique). Williams's study lights the way out of this quandary. In the introduction, he...