Criticism of the Origins of the Bible
>>>The Ancient Syriacs, derived from the Jewish OT, (LXX or Septuagint) were written between AD 150 and AD 300.
The 'O' document (Western) is the basis of all Western Bibles. The 'A' document is the 'Eastern', and still used in Armenia and elsewhere.
There are very few ancient language scholars who are able to translate the Syriacs using ancient Aramaic.
However, one, Victor Alexander of the USA, can and is translating the whole Bible, using Ancient Aramaic. He has completed the NT; and is currently working on the OT. His finding in John 17:14 "I gave them Your Trinity", confirms his findings in older Pictograph forms!
Its interesting to note that when Martin Luther started to expose the corruptions of the RCC, and the Protestant Movement gathered momentum, that the Protestant translations left the Roman Catholic Bible of Jerome behind, and adopted the Jewish OT almost verbatim, but in different order, in the later translations. The Companion Bible in particular is of great value, as the O.T. is edited by a renowned Hebrew scholar.
Miles Coverdale was in the vanguard, with others following.
What this means is that the translations leading to the AD 1611 KJV are in the main to be trusted, as the corruptions of Constantine and Helena, and all those that followed in the Bulls and Councils are to a large extent nullified.
The fact of the current translation of the 'PshittA' using the ancient form of the Aramaic, and its corroboration to a large extent of Protestant translations, is a boon and joy to serious Bible students, when one considers the age of the 'A', and the fact of its derivative and recension, and it being prior to AD 320.
More can be gleaned from:
http://www.revelationsmessage.co.uk/Ancient%20Aramaic%20Manuscripts,%20Peshitta%20Oand%20A.htm
http://www.revelationsmessage.co.uk/The%20Trinity%20in%20the%20Old%20Testament.htm